An Post initiative to provide for banking services at post offices

POST OFFICES around the country could be providing banking services by the end of summer, it emerged yesterday.

An Post revealed the deal had moved a step closer after it signed the first stage of an agreement with Belgian/Dutch-based international financial services company, Fortis.

The firms have agreed a memo of understanding with management hopeful it would be completed over the next four months. “Both parties expect to sign the final agreement by this summer,” An Post said in a statement.