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07.03.2022
Latvijas Pasts has taken a decision to open accounts in the Postal Settlement System for Ukrainian refugees free of charge, and an identity document will be needed to open the account. Since the 3rd of March 2022, Latvijas Pasts has not been accepting money orders and Western Union money transfers to Russia and Belarus, and it has not been paying out money orders and transfers received from those countries. At the same time, both postal items and money orders to Ukraine are accepted – Western Union money transfers to and from Ukraine are exempt from the service fee.
Latvijas Pasts is a payment institution licenced by the Financial and Capital Market Commission, and a payment account with the Postal Settlement System is a convenient way to receive any type of payments, make transfers to the accounts of legal entities or private individuals at the post offices, as well as credit institutions in Latvia and abroad, deposit and withdraw cash from one’s account and pay bills at any post office.
Latvijas Pasts has taken a decision to open accounts for Ukrainian refugees free of charge, using an identity document of the refugee as the basis for opening an account.
Since the 3rd of March 2022, Latvijas Pasts has not been accepting money orders and Western Union money transfers to Russia and Belarus, and it has not been paying out money orders and transfers received from those countries.
At the same time, both postal items and money orders to Ukraine are accepted, yet senders must take into account the war situation. Western Union money transfers to and from Ukraine are exempt from the service fee.
In case of questions or uncertainties regarding postal services, customers are welcome to contact Latvijas Pasts Customer Centre: +371 67008001, +371 27008001, info@pasts.lv or via social network profiles.
About SJSC Latvijas Pasts
Latvijas Pasts ensures the widest availability of postal services throughout Latvia by maintaining more than 600 post offices. The primary function of the company is provision of the universal postal service; Latvijas Pasts also provides commercial transport, express mail, payment, press subscription, retail and philatelic services. Latvijas Pasts is a wholly State-owned company with about 3,000 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts domestic mail deliveries are regularly conducted by Kantar TNS, one of the leading market, social and media research agencies in Latvia. In turn, the quality measurements of the cross-border deliveries are provided within the framework of the International Post Corporation through the intermediary of the research companies Kantar TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.
Additional information:
Gundega Vārpa | Head of External Communications
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv; gundega.varpa@pasts.lv
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