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This 1869 deposit book would be carried by the customer, and is a typical record of a British Post Office Savings Bank savings account.. In 1861, Great Britain became the first nation to offer such an arrangement.
As in the case of most other Post Office branded financial products, Post Office current accounts were provided by Bank of Ireland (UK) plc with Post Office Ltd acting as an appointed representative. Following review of services by Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, it was decided in March 2019 that new Post Office Money current accounts would no longer ...
Logo used by the Post Office (and later the National) Savings Bank from 1936. [5] The Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) was founded in 1861 by the Palmerston government following a suggestion by George Chetwynd, a clerk in the Money Order department of the General Post Office. [6] It was the world's first postal savings system.
Post Office Savings Bank is a name used by postal savings systems in several countries, including: New Zealand, later renamed the PostBank; United Kingdom, later renamed the National Savings and Investments; Singapore, later renamed POSB Bank; Kenya, also known as the Kenya Post Office Savings Bank; Austra, also known as the Österreichische ...
Post Office Limited, formerly Post Office Counters Limited and commonly known as the Post Office, is a state-owned retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of postal and non-postal related products including postage stamps, banking, insurance, bureau de change and identity verification services to the public through its nationwide network of around 11,500 ...
People's Own Savings Bank; PlusGirot; POSB Bank; Post Bank (Russia) Post Bank of Iran; Post Office Money; Post Office Savings Bank (New Zealand) India Post Payments Bank; Postal Savings Bank of China; Poštanska štedionica; Postbank (South Africa) Postbank N.V. PostBank Uganda; Postbanken; PKO Bank Polski
Oliver Cromwell's Postal Act of 1657 created a combined General Post Office for the three kingdoms of Ireland, Scotland, and England; the position was affirmed by Charles II and his parliament by the Post Office Act 1660 (12 Cha. 2. c. 35). [2] As of 2020, An Post remains one of Ireland's largest employers but it has undergone considerable ...
A Russian savings stamp from 1900 A British savings slip with space for twelve one penny stamps A British 1951 savings stamp An Indian 1943 defence savings stamp. A savings stamp is a stamp issued by a government or other body to enable small amounts of money to be saved over time to accumulate a larger capital sum. The funds accumulated may ...