Australia Post rolls out point-of-sale upgrades for rural post offices
Australia Post is rolling out new web-linked point-of-sale systems for more than 300 regional and rural licensed post offices from next month.
View ArticleMPs lose faith in Post Office Ltd’s subpostmasters mediation scheme
Members of the UK’s Parliament who have been fighting the case for subpostmasters caught up in Post Office IT problems have denounced the company’s mediation scheme.
View ArticleAustralia Post to review licensed post office payments
Australia Post is set to launch an independent review of its licensed post office network in the light of the ongoing decline in letter volumes and customer numbers.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd rebrands financial services in bid for market share
The UK’s Post Office Ltd has rebranded its financial services as Post Office Money.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd set to provide more services for banks
Britain’s Post Office Ltd is in talks with the banking industry with the aim of standardising banking services provided through post office branches.
View ArticlePost Danmark opens 1,000th post office, to boost e-commerce access
Post Danmark has just opened its 1,000th post office, in Frederiksberg, within the Copenhagen area.
View ArticlePosti Group to cut 380 jobs, under post office outsourcing plan
Finland’s Posti Group looks set to axe up to 380 retail jobs over the next few years as it pulls out of owning its own post offices.
View ArticleUSPS “short-sighted” over sale of historic central post offices
The former chairman of the US Postal Regulatory Commission has criticised the US Postal Service for its "failure of vision" over the sale of historical central post offices.
View ArticleAustralia Post to raise post office payments – if postal reforms go ahead
Hundreds of post offices across rural Australia could receive an increase in their minimum annual payments from this July, under plans unveiled today by Australia Post.
View ArticleUK postmasters’ federation favours 15-year Post Office Ltd funding deal
The UK’s National Federation of Subpostmasters has said its members are "overwhelmingly" in favour of a new deal that will see the trade association funded by Post Office Ltd.
View ArticlePoste Italiane hired to revamp Armenia’s post office network
Armenian postal service HayPost is adopting a business model for its post office network as developed by Poste Italiane.
View ArticleIreland’s An Post to take over Aviva insurance branches
An Post has said its banking subsidiary One Direct has signed a deal to potentially take over the branch business of insurance firm Aviva in Ireland.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd being forced into “unsuitable” business, says pamphlet
The UK government is forcing the Post Office Ltd network into an "unsuitable" business model, according to a white paper highlighted by the Communication Workers Union.
View ArticleRegulators to review USPS plans to cut rural post office hours
US regulators are calling for public evidence regarding the US Postal Service's plans to dramatically cut back on operating hours in rural post offices.
View ArticleSwiss lawmakers back move to alternate post office access
Switzerland's National Council has rejected a proposal by the country's communications union to bring in new rules to guarantee a certain level of access to full-service post offices across the country.
View ArticleNorway Post to shut down almost all post offices
Norway Post was given the green light by lawmakers yesterday to make standalone post offices virtually extinct.
View ArticleRussian Post signs support deal with Bashkortostan government
Russian Post has signed an agreement with the regional government of Bashkortostan to partner on improving postal services in the Russian republic.
View ArticleFrance to weigh up “intangible benefits” in post office funding
French regulators have launched a public consultation on the intangible benefits that La Poste enjoys in having a national network of 17,000 post offices.
View ArticleRussian Post to trial contactless payment with MasterCard
Russian Post has signed a deal with credit card company MasterCard to jointly develop financial products and payment technology in post offices.
View ArticleSwiss Post to roll out new look in 170 post offices
Swiss Post is giving its post offices a facelift and ramping up its retail product range in the coming months, with a focus on making more of third party products.
View ArticleAustralia Post opens first “superstore” in Western Australia
Australia Post is continuing the expansion of its retail "superstores" with the opening of the first such branch in Western Australia this week.
View Article“Important corner has been turned” at Post Office Ltd, states report
The Post Office Ltd network is stronger now than it has been for years, according to the company's first annual report issued following independence from Royal Mail Group.
View ArticleUSPS should stick to postal products, says Congressional advisory
The US Postal Service should not be allowed to expand into non-postal products and services to raise revenue - because its track record in non-postal areas is not good enough.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd extends Bank of Ireland alliance to 2023
The Bank of Ireland said today it has signed definitive agreements with the UK's Post Office Ltd to extend and enhance their retail banking partnership through to 2023.
View ArticleUSPS defines new-style part-time rural post offices
The US Postal Service has officially laid out how its network of thousands of rural post offices will look by 2014, as it acts to reduce operating hours in order to cut costs.
View ArticleIndia Post hands $126m financial IT contract to Infosys
India Post has selected technology and consulting firm Infosys for a major contract to upgrade financial service infrastructure in 150,000 post offices across the country.
View ArticlePost Office bid to become mortgage heavyweight in UK
The UK's Post Office Ltd is introducing specially-trained mortgage specialists into its branches to take the next step in growing its mortgage business.
View ArticleThe week that was: 10 August, 2012
Rounding up the biggest stories of the week from the pages of Post&Parcel, including the latest on the TNT Express acquisition by UPS, USPS financial woes, and InPost's massive parcel terminal...
View ArticleUS regulators back USPS plan to cut rural post office hours
US regulators have said the Postal Service's plan to reduce working hours at thousands of rural post offices is a "significant improvement" over previous plans to shut 3,700 post offices.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd agrees retail partnership with HSBC
Britain's Post Office Ltd has won another contract to extend the range of banking access it can provide in post offices.
View ArticleInPost and NCR team up to develop automated post office
Unprofitable post offices of the future could be replaced by fully-automated machines, rather than moved into supermarkets or turned into part-time postal counters.
View ArticleCall for dismissal in USPS postal retail lawsuit
US Postal Service retail technology partner IGI has called on courts in Colorado to dismiss a class action suit brought by contracted postal counter operators, challenging restrictions on which mailing...
View ArticleStakeholder group begins talks over future of Post Office Ltd
The stakeholder forum tasked with considering the future of the UK's post office network has come together to begin discussions regarding mutualisation.
View ArticleUK post offices to trial travel agency kiosks
Travel firm Minoan Group plc has said it has agreed with the National Fededation of Sub Postmasters to trial 50 travel agency kiosks in UK sub post offices.
View ArticleUK government defends new-style Post Office Locals
The UK government has defended its introduction of new-style "Local" post offices as part of the modernisation of the Post Office Ltd network.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd wins place in UK’s online benefits project
Post Office Ltd has won another government services contract, this time to help set up a secure online identity registration service for the UK's Department for Work and Pensions.
View Article$880m upgrade approved for India’s post office IT network
The Indian government has given the go-ahead to the next phase of India Post's IT modernisation programme, approving a INR 49bn ($880m USD) investment in the post office network.
View ArticleMystery shoppers find knowledge gaps at UK post offices
Queues are getting worse in UK post offices, research from Consumer Focus revealed today, with wait times up in High Street branches according to latest figures.
View ArticleEscher shares rally on Pos Malaysia contract win
US point-of-sale software specialist Escher Group has won an important new contract, to upgrade IT systems at Post Malaysia's post offices.
View ArticlePitney Bowes to help modernise thousands of US post offices
Pitney Bowes has won a $32m deal with the US Postal Service to provide new technologies modernizing thousands of post offices across the United States.
View ArticleLatvia’s post offices have key role as nation converts to euro currency
Latvia’s post offices are offering customers the chance to exchange their lats for euros free of charge.
View ArticleIrish postmasters to meet ministers over post office’s future
The Republic of Ireland’s union of postmasters is set to hold talks with the government over the future of the country’s post office network.
View ArticleUnion agrees Crown staff pay deal with Britain’s Post Office Ltd
Britain's Post Office Ltd has reached a real with union negotiators that would see staff at its Crown branch network receiving a 7.3% pay rise.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd rolls out 40 mobile post offices for rural areas
Britain’s Post Office Ltd is rolling out a new fleet of mobile post offices to serve 250 rural locations.
View ArticleAustralia Post to provide $40m support package for rural post offices
Australia Post has unveiled a $40m ($37m USD) support programme to strengthen its network of regional and rural post offices.
View ArticleUPU highlights “untapped potential” for post offices to expand Internet access
The Universal Postal Union is calling on the world’s policymakers to take advantage of "untapped potential" for using post office networks to improve public access to the Internet.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd prepares to enter mobile phone market
The UK’s Post Office Ltd is set to enter the mobile phone market this autumn, in partnership with network provider EE.
View Articleex-Carrefour transformation expert hired to improve Spain’s post offices
Spain’s Correos has hired a business transformation expert to promote the full potential of its retail network.
View ArticleSenate inquiry calls for Australia Post to rethink pay for licensed post offices
A Senate inquiry in Australia has called on Australia Post to renegotiate its contract with almost 3,000 licensed post offices and ensure margins for operators are in line with commercial practice.
View ArticleSingPost rolling out next-generation post office concept
Singapore Post has begun rolling out its new generation of post offices island-wide.
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