Pawnshops as a specialized commercial organization

This article discusses the concept and specificity of a pawnshop as a specialized commercial organization. Analyzed he types of pawnshops, the comparison of advantages and disadvantages of the Bank and the pawnshop, the supervisory authorities, the legal regulation of pawnshops, the mechanism of realization of unclaimed things. Revealed the dynamics of the decrease in the number of pawnshops in Russia. Determined the reasons for the negative statistics and directions for improving the state of the Lombard market of the Russian Federation.