The postal network, through its worldwide coverage and the combination of electronic, financial and physical dimensions, ensures that all citizens of the world have access to efficient, reliable, secure and affordable electronic payment services.
The postal network comprises more than 663,000 physical contact points offering remittances, the postal payments services (PPS) a traditionally more affordable formal financial services channel compared to banks, money transfer operators and others.
It does this in the form of an international treaty, known as the Postal Payment Services Agreement (PPSA) and its Regulations. The PPSA and its Regulations define the following products:
− Cash to Cash (including urgent)
− Account to Cash
− Cash to Account
− Account to Account
− Cash on Delivery.
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Postal Payment Services User Group
PPS business development and activities are managed by the Postal Payment Services User Group
Worldwide Electronic Postal Payment Network
It is the UPU's mission to help build a worldwide electronic postal payment network (WEPPN).
Key documents
Postal Payment Services key documents
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