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		<title>Poste Italiane hired to revamp Armenia&#8217;s post office network</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cartledge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Armenian postal service HayPost is adopting a business model for its post office network as developed by Poste Italiane. ]]></description>
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		<title>Postea and NCR bring post offices to &#8220;Facebook generation&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cartledge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post offices of the future will be directly linked to social networking websites, connecting Facebook users to their online lives while they make use of retail services, according to technology specialist Postea.]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss Post&#8217;s PostFinance becomes 100bn franc bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cartledge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swiss Post's banking arm, PostFinance, is now managing customer assets valued at more than 100bn Swiss francs for the first time in its history.]]></description>
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		<title>India Post seeking assistance in Post Bank project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cartledge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[India Post is seeking a consultancy to assist it in setting up a new Post Bank of India to provide banking services with a particular focus on rural areas.]]></description>
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		<title>Poste Italiane and Egypt Post agree money transfer link</title>
		<link>http://postandparcel.info/47459/news/companies/poste-italiane-and-egypt-post-agree-money-transfer-link/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 14:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cartledge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poste Italiane has signed an agreement with Egypt Post to establish a new money transfer service between Italy and Egypt.]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding postal access differences across countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Daniels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 1st April 2012 in the UK, Post Office Ltd separated from the Royal Mail Group. Members will recall that this separation had been enabled by the Postal Services Act passed in the summer of 2011. The Act recognised the need for separation, in order to allow each company to develop in the changing and different markets that they operate within.  Post Office Ltd will stay in public ownership, whereas Royal Mail will, in the future, be able to seek private investment.]]></description>
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		<title>Member-only: Northern Ireland missing the opportunity to get the most out of Post Offices</title>
		<link>http://postandparcel.info/47418/postal-access-forum/northern-ireland-missing-the-opportunity-to-get-the-most-out-of-post-offices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Daniels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report ‘A front office for government services’ by Consumer Focus Post, the postal consumer champion in Northern Ireland (NI), says post offices could and should be providing more key government services. This would have dual benefits of improving access to services for consumers and increasing the sustainability of the post office network that communities already rely on.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Post launches patronage pilot in 500 post offices</title>
		<link>http://postandparcel.info/47330/news/companies/russian-post-launches-patronage-pilot-in-500-post-offices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cartledge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian Post is launching a pilot programme in the Moscow area in which managers within the company's head office will take personal charge of individual post offices.]]></description>
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		<title>Member-only: Measuring Financial Exclusion: How Many People Are Unbanked?</title>
		<link>http://postandparcel.info/47290/postal-access-forum/measuring-financial-exclusion-how-many-people-are-unbanked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Daniels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article from CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) by Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, the Director of Development Policy in the World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) and the Chief Economist of Financial and Private Sector Development Network (FPD). First published 24 April 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil&#8217;s Post set to enter mobile phone market</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cartledge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brazilian government has authorised Brazil's Post and Telegraph Company to provide third party products and services through its post offices, clearing the way for it to enter the mobile phone market.]]></description>
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