Fortis, AN Post joint venture to extend to over 1,000 post offices in next 12 months

Belgo-Dutch bancassurance group Fortis NV said its 50-50 Irish financial services joint venture with AN Post, the Irish Post Office, will extend to over 1,000 post offices in the next twelve months.

Postbank started trading at over 250 post offices on May 1.

Fortis said it will have the largest retail banking network in Ireland by the end of next year.

Postbank offers a broad range of financial products and services to the Irish market, including daily banking, savings products, insurance, mortgages and credit cards.