{"id":430,"date":"2014-01-31T10:14:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T10:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?p=430"},"modified":"2014-01-31T10:33:44","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T10:33:44","slug":"post-office-bank-concept-gets-big-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?p=430","title":{"rendered":"Post Office Bank Concept Gets Big Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>Posted on\u00a0<a title=\"Mirabile Dictu! Post Office Bank Concept Gets Big Boost\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2014\/01\/mirabile-dictu-postal-services-banking-concept-gets-big-boost.html\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time datetime=\"%3$s\">January 29, 2014<\/time><\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"Yves Smith\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/author\/yves-smith\" rel=\"author\">Yves Smith<\/a><\/header>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Naked Capitalism readers have frequently called for the Post Office to offer basic banking services, as post offices long have in many countries, notably Japan. That idea has gotten an important official endorsement in the form of a<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> detailed, extensively researched concept paper prepared by the Postal Service\u2019s Inspector General.<\/span> I\u2019ve embedded it and strongly urge you to read and circulate it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read full article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2014\/01\/mirabile-dictu-postal-services-banking-concept-gets-big-boost.html\" target=\"_blank\">naked capitalism<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Researched concept paper prepared by the Postal Service\u2019s Inspector General&#8221;<\/span> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/203059299\/Providing-Non-Bank-Financial-Services-for-the-Underserved\" target=\"_blank\">Scribd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"IrlPublicBanks\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Post%20Office%20Bank%20Concept%20Gets%20Big%20Boost\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on\u00a0January 29, 2014\u00a0by\u00a0Yves Smith Naked Capitalism readers have frequently called for the Post Office to offer basic banking services,<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"IrlPublicBanks\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Post%20Office%20Bank%20Concept%20Gets%20Big%20Boost\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}