Post Office

Two thieves are believed to have snatched £500 in cash from a pensioner. The woman in her 80s had withdrawn £500 in pension money from Braintree post office in New Street at about 10.15am on Wednesday, February 19. A woman queuing behind her however is believed to have pocketed it …

The Post Office is reviewing its little-known ban on giving mortgages to those buying homes on Scottish islands after it was condemned as discriminatory. More: continued here

Post Office to rethink island mortgage ban branded unfairHerald ScotlandIndependent Highlands and Islands MSP Jean Urquhart hopes for change after raising the ban with UK consumer affairs minister Jenny Willott and Post Office managing director Paula Vennels. She became aware of the problem after getting a letter from a … More: …

Post office liable for fraud by its officers and agentsTimes of IndiaGeorge Mathew had invested monies in various schemes of the post office. The investment was routed through T M Dedhia and his wife Vasanti, both authorized agents of National Savings Scheme and Small Savings Scheme since more than 20 …

Finance Ministry to Vet Appointments of Post Office AgentsThe New Indian ExpressThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has come to the rescue of crores of people who deposited their small savings with the Indian post office and ended up being cheated by the clever antics of their so-called official agents. …

Debate Over Post Office Bank Rages OnBankInvestmentConsultant.comBankers and their representatives harshly criticized a call for the U.S. Postal Service to offer financial products like prepaid cards, remittances and even small consumer loans to underbanked consumers, saying it was a dangerous and foolhardy idea. More: continued here

Prescott Daily Courier Federal trials in post office building on hold: Roof leaks, water seepage …Prescott Daily CourierBrian Karth, district court executive and clerk of court at the federal judiciary, reports that the court vacated the space above Prescott's downtown U.S. Post Office because of concerns about water damage from …

The public is invited to comment on potential adverse effects resulting from the sale of the historic Somerville Main Post Office in Union Square at a public meeting held by the More: continued here

New Canaan Post Office Closes Pine St. Mobile Unit on MondayPatch.comOn Saturday, the mobile unit at the former Pine Street location of the New Canaan Post Office closes for good, and on Monday all services will be available at 90 Main St. Posted by David Gurliacci (Editor) , February 28, …

A POST office based at a Co-op store is to undergo a revamp just as the building is taken over by upmarket supermarket chain Waitrose.The post office branch in Buxton Road,, Leek, will shut on March 26 for the work to be carried out. The new-look branch will re-open on …