Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt today saw for herself how a revolutionary new programme will transform the local Post Office into a hi-tech information centre, with advice available at the touch of a button. The programme is to be piloted across Leicestershire over the next six months.
Read MoreThe Turkish post office (PTT) said on Thursday it was in talks with private banks to set up a ‘postbank’ at its branches nationwide, a move it said would not add to a list of state banks plaguing Turkey’s financial system
Read MoreA senior official said Thursday Poland’s state-owned postal service Poczta Polska SA has rejected a 400 million zloty ($1=PLZ4.2587) bid from Austria’s Raiffeisen Zentralbank (R.RFZ) for a stake in its banking arm, the Polish Press Agency reported.
Read MoreA clash between the Department of Trade and Industry and the Treasury over the future of sub-post offices is threatening to undermine next year’s launch of the Universal Bank.
Read MoreDigital identities providing electronic signatures to every UK consumer
are set to be distributed through the Post Office branch network from
early next year. Industry observers believe the initiative, which follows a similar
scheme launched in Ireland last week, could boost consumer confidence
in e-commerce.
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