The COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments to reaffirm post offices as their infrastructure for delivery of essential services to the population at large, including the vulnerable, elderly and those in outlying rural areas. Among other services, this provides an important contribution in … Read more
Pakistan Post digitizes through strategic alliance and franchising: linking fast migrant remittances from anywhere in the world to anywhere in rural Pakistan. Pakistan Post concluded in June 2020 a strategic partnership with Habib Bank – a leading bank in Pakistan … Read more
The following is a statement from the Director General of the Universal Postal Union, Bishar A. Hussein: “I regret to inform you that, due to the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Universal Postal Union and its partner, the … Read more
Postal networks are an essential infrastructure emerging as a lifeline to the vulnerable to access cash, public services, pharmaceuticals, groceries, and other basic services during COVID-19 outbreak. Like so many businesses, the Post Office has been hit hard by the … Read more
Mr. Boon will be presenting on Re-imagining the Post in the post-COVID19 era at Parcel and Post Expo in October 2020. This would be a panel with a focus on smaller, developing countries which have been hit very hard by … Read more
The Council of Administration and Postal Operations Council closed in February completing nearly 100 percent of their respective deliverables for the 2017-2020 work cycle. The last sessions, which took place February 17 through 27, gathered member countries to wrap up … Read more
In the village of Yasuoka in Japan’s central, mountainous prefecture of Nagano, there is just one elementary school, one junior high school and a population of a little more than 1,600 people. Like many rural areas around the country, it … Read more
This week offered a small but vivid reminder that we can’t expect banks to serve anybody except their shareholders. On Monday, Bank of America ended a free checking service used by some of its lower-income depositors called e-banking, which it … Read more
More than 1 billion adult Asians rely on the region’s 350,000 post offices. Over 2 million employees in more than 350,000 post offices and agents across Asia serve 1 billion of the 3.2 billion adults in the region (more than … Read more
A new report from Cass Business School finds that establishing a state-owned UK Post Bank would ensure the long-term sustainability of the Post Office by diversifying its portfolio of activities and increasing revenues. The report states that a Post Bank … Read more