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Laura Stevens, “USPS Could Boost Revenue by Expanding Banking Services, Report,” Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2015 A new study by U.S. Postal Service overseers says the agency could [...]

National Postal Mailhandlers Union, “Postal OIG White Paper Examines Benefits of Providing Financial Services,” May 21, 2015 On May 21, 2015, the Office of Inspector General issued a [...]

May 21, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report today on “The Road Ahead for Postal Financial Services.” Below is a statement from Fredric Rolando, [...]

United for a Fair Economy, Let’s Stamp Out Payday Lending, May 21, 2015 Today the Office of the Inspector General for the Post Office is releasing their recommendations and opinions on [...]

USPS Office of Inspector General, Examining the Road Ahead for Postal Financial Services, May 21, 2015 More than a quarter of households in this country either don’t have a bank account, or have [...]

Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for American’s Future, May 21, 2015 If you think allowing post offices to morph into neighborhood banking centers is at best a utopian fantasy, or a just plain [...]

Peter Schroeder, The Hill,  May 21, 2015  The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service could make billions more each year if it were to get into the banking business, according to its Inspector General. [...]

For immediate release, May 21, 2015 Contact: Jamie Horwitz, jhdcpr@starpower.net, 202//549-4921 Katherine Isaac, 202 842-8589 ATMs, Check Cashing, Bill Paying Services, International Money [...]

Richard Fiesta, Letter to Editor, Washington Post, April 6, 2015 Charles Lane asked the right question in his April 2 op-ed, “Can the post office be a bank?” He just got the answer wrong. [...]

David Dayen, Salon, January 20, 2015 Lower-income Americans have been under-banked and abandoned. Now a progressive movement is fighting back (Updated) PHOTO: Jamie Dimon, Lloyd Blankfein [...]