Post Office

Forbes Who Would Make A Better Bank: Walmart or the US Post Office?ForbesIt's true that the post office has more thorough geographic coverage. There are 31,000 USPS locations and offices compared to Walmart's 4,807 in the US. But I'd venture that more unbanked individuals walk into a Walmart in a …

A block-long landmarked building astride a key corner in the South Bronx is up for sale, and local officials are scrambling to make sure that whoever buys the property will play a positive role in… To view the full story, click the title link. More: continued here

A block-long landmarked building astride a key corner in the South Bronx is up for sale, and local officials are scrambling to make sure that whoever buys the property will play a positive role in… To view the full story, click the title link. More: continued here

Lavallette Post Office back in business after roof repairAsbury Park PressLAVALLETTE A leaky roof that closed the borough's post office for less than a week has been repaired, and the office is open for business again Monday, said Ray V. Daiutolo Sr. spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service. The Lavallette …

OTTAWA, Feb. 10, 2014 /CNW/ – Canada Post Corporation (CPC) conducted a secret four-year study on postal banking, which seems to indicate that getting into financial services would be "a win-win strategy" and a "proven money-maker" for the corporation. CPC's research study was stopped cold in the fall of 2013, …

Your Post Office Now Wants to Be Your BankGovExec.comThe post office isn't known as the most efficient or reliable business in America. It can't run its operations at a profit, it's got serious financial troubles, and just try mailing a package on a Saturday without waiting in line for 30 …

EDITORIAL: Going postal and you can bank on itWashington TimesElizabeth Warren, a full-time Democrat and part-time Indian from Massachusetts, who envisions a post office that could “make a critical difference for millions of Americans who don't have basic banking services because there are almost no banks or bank …Plan could restore …

Columnist Bill Lohmann writes that the post office in Valentines, Va., known for its iconic Valentine’s Day postmark, could face cutbacks. More: continued here

This Plan Could Save the Post Office From ExtinctionTIMEGo to the post office, send a package, pick up some stamps and deposit your paycheck or pay a bill? That's the newest idea for rescuing the cash-strapped USPS floated in a report published by the U.S.P.S. Office of Inspector General. “One …

The robbery took place in Kilmoganny on the afternoon of 23 December. More: continued here