1. Edouard Dayan Director General International Bureau, Universal Postal Union Rural development opportunities through postal financial services Rome, 24 November 2010

2. The three dimensions of the global postal network:
The physical dimension: post offices worldwide
The electronic dimension: EDI network operated by the UPU
The financial dimension: money transfers, payments of invoices or social benefits, savings, micro credit, assurances, loans, etc. (financial inclusion)

3. 1.5 billion people worldwide use Posts for financial services
400 million people have postal accounts

4. The UPU vision
To provide all citizens of the world with access to efficient, reliable, secure and affordable electronic payment products, and to link these with basic account-based financial services

6. 355 rural post offices
Tariffs reduced by 30 to 50%
Volumes increase by 61%
Connexion between West African countries and with other regions

7. New proposals in the Asia-Pacific and Central Asia regions
Provide access to remittance and social payment services:
to more than 800 million rural citizens
in 7 countries
through rural post offices