La Banque postale is a French postal bank, created on 1 January 2006 as a subsidiary of La Poste, the national postal service.
Former seat of the Caisse Nationale d'Epargne (rue Saint-Romain, Paris), a predecessor to La Banque Postale
Postal savings systems provide depositors who do not have access to banks a safe and convenient method to save money. Many nations have operated banking systems involving post offices to promote saving money among the poor.
This 1869 deposit book would be carried by the customer, and is a typical record of a British Post Office Savings Bank savings account.
The Austrian Postal Savings Bank (P.S.K.) in Vienna
Post office in Shanghai offering postal savings services