Dubai /Â WAM
Emirates Post Group (EPG) is devoting greater attention to its core mail services in post offices, as well as innovative non-postal services, in light of the global trends of falling revenues from traditional postal streams.
Over the past few years, EPG has introduced of a number of non-postal services at post offices, including payment of utility bills, Etisalat and du services, RTA services such as parking and Salik cards, airline ticketing for Air Arabia and flydubai, delivery of National ID cards, payment and delivery of US visa fees, and applying for international driving permits.
Chief Commercial Officer of EPG, Ibrahim bin Karam, said, “Emirates Post Group is keen to make post offices one-stop shops for multiple services, both postal and non-postal, as we see great potential for further growth. This is part of our strategy to continuously fine-tune our business model to accommodate more innovative services in the postal network.”
He added, “Emirates Post Group’s core strength is its huge network of branches in every part of the UAE. We work with a number of strategic partners to introduce value added services such as money exchange, and money transfer through the branches of our subsidiary Wall Street Exchange, in many post offices across the country.”