The French post office (La Poste) has unveiled plans to expand its range of financial services. In an internal document intended for its staff, La Poste claims, for example, that it is considering credit facilities for its customers – an initiative which would involve the creation of a postal bank. The organisation deplores the fact that, at present, it can only offer its customers housing loans.
Read MorePostal chiefs are under fire over moves to scrap the 8am collection from thousands of mailboxes.
The policy has been introduced across Britain ‘by stealth’ over the past 12 months, it is claimed.
Royal Mail, renamed Consignia, admits it intends to scale back post box checks even though it is collecting more mail than ever before.
The company claims the cutback is an ‘efficiency-enhancing measure’ which will help improve services.
However, handling of the plan to axe early-morning collections was branded ‘secretive’ by Post-Watch.
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