“Setting the Scene for 2010 and Beyond” by Nigel Stapleton, Chairman, Postcomm.
“Setting the Scene for 2010 and Beyond” by Nigel Stapleton, Chairman, Postcomm.
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Main trends of the French market
Main trends of the French market
Read MoreUK Post Office offers alternative to issuing cheques
Post Office payout allows companies to distribute promotional incentives, refunds and cash payments at a fraction of the cost of issuing cheques. Using the latest barcode technology, companies simply send a reference code by text, email or post which customers take to any of the UK’s 14,000 Post Office branches to receive an instant cash payment.
The Post Office payout solution can be tailored to meet the needs of individual businesses, with identity verification available to provide increased security for higher value transactions. An optional data capture service is also available to allow you to gather valuable market intelligence about customers’ preferences and purchasing habits.
Not only does Post Office payout make it quicker and easier for customers to receive payments, it also removes barriers for businesses making payments to people who do not have a bank account. The service also offers the option to send payments using postal orders so your customers can pay it into their bank account.
Read MoreQ-Post signs pact with bank
Q-POST and Doha Bank yesterday signed an agreement under which the post office would print, develop and envelop the bank’s monthly statement to be delivered to its customers.
The new facility, said Q-Post chairman Ali Mohamed al-Ali, would be helpful to both parties and would help save considerable amount of time and money.
He said the Q-Post had been taking up similar ventures with other companies after the installation of a new multi-purpose sorting machine at its head office two years ago.
He said it had turned out to be big successes and had helped the Q-Post generate additional businesses.
Al-Ali said the new arrangement would enable the bank to deliver the monthly statement in less than 24 hours after it was prepared and enveloped at the General Post Office.
Usually, the same job would have taken anywhere between four to seven days, he said.
The Q-Post chairman said the corporation had earlier handled the distribution of Doha Bank’s ATM and Visa cards.
Al-Ali said the handling of monthly statements called for more confidentiality and security and this was one of the reasons why Q-Post was chosen.
Abdulla al-Assadi said the new arrangement would help the bank ease the services to its growing clientele.
Q-Post director (financial and commercial affairs) Ali Jassim al-Kubaisi, and Q-Post IT manager George Scott Campbell
Q-POST is planning to introduce electronic post (e-Post) services next year.
Read MoreMail the best way to reach consumers: Pitney Bowes study
A new study claims that, despite today’s digital world, consumers clearly prefer mail over other communications vehicles such as e-mail for receiving new product information and offerings as well as confidential business communications including bank statements and financial reports.
The study, the fourth mail preference survey commissioned by Stamford, CT-based Pitney Bowes since March 1999, found that the majority of consumers (73 percent) prefer mail for receiving new product announcements or offers from companies they do business with, as compared to 18 percent for e-mail. Mail was also preferred by 70 percent of respondents for receiving unsolicited information on products and services from companies with which they are not currently doing business.
For confidential communications such as bills, bank statements and financial reports, respondents overwhelmingly preferred mail (86 percent) as their channel of choice, as compared with 10 percent for e-mail. This response is virtually identical to the response in the 2004 survey, which also showed consumer preference for mail at 86 percent.
The survey also found that consumers are less likely to discard unopened mail (31 percent) – including new product brochures, catalogs or other advertising materials – than they are to discard unsolicited e-mails about new products (53.2 percent).
The survey also probed consumers on specific advantages they see in mail versus unsolicited e-mail and telephone calls.
Read MoreSwiss intermodal operators on a roll
Swiss intermodal operators no longer need subsidies from their government, because intermodal is performing so well, according to operator Hupac.
Bernhard Kunz, director of Hupac, said the success was partly thanks to a pro-rail freight policy by the Swiss government that included substantial investments in both terminals and infrastructure.
Three years ago, rail freight volumes surpassed those of road in Switzerland.
Hupac is planning to invest EUR 44m (USD 56m) a year by 2010 in new terminal infrastructure and rolling stock.
The Swiss government is currently funding vital infrastructure developments including two tunnels, one of which is being inaugurated this week, the second in 2017.
Hupac currently moves around 1.1m teu of goods a year around Europe, using 100 trains with dedicated terminals and IT systems.
BanCorreos increases number of clients by 17%
BanCorreos, the financial branch of Correos closed the first year of operations with an increase of 17% in its number of clients.
BanCorreos launched new products and services tailored to the needs of its customers. BanCorreos have access to the 2.100 multiservices post offices of Correos. The new products are Postal Account (“Cuenta Postal”), Yellow Account (“Cuenta amarilla”), Immigrate account (“Libreta Futuro para inmigrantes”) and other products for loans and mortgages.
The new promotional product of BanCorreos is the Anniversary Deposit, which includes receiving a DVD for free if the clients decide to deposit EUR 2.000 for a year.
Correos and Deutche Bank have the operational strategic agreement since April 2006.
Read MoreBCC Software Certified to Offer USPS Suite Link Technology Processingas Part of BCC Data Services
BCC Software, a BÖWE BELL + HOWELL company, is one of the first companies to be recognized by the United States Postal Service ® as a Suite Link ™ Certified Software Distributor.
Because of this certification, and thanks to BCC’s status as a USPS ® NCOA Link® Full Service Provider (FSP) Licensee, mailers now can enjoy the benefits of Suite Link processing added to any mailing lists that are submitted to BCC for NCOA Link FSP processing.
Access to the Suite Link technology product has been added to BCC Data Services via Mail Manager 2010 and Mail Manager 2010 LE, BCC’s flagship mailpreparation products, and the free downloadable Data Services Manager application, which connects any mailer (regardless of their mailprep software choice) to BCC’s comprehensive suite of addressupdating services.
The Suite Link product helps further cleanse business addresses during NCOA Link processing, ensuring more efficient and streamlined delivery. The Suite Link process analyzes business address records that are identified during ZIP + 4 ® encoding as highrise buildings with missing or incorrect secondary information; and, where possible, appends or corrects those records with the appropriate secondary suite information.
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