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Postal banking could provide free accounts to 21 million Americans who don't have access to a credit union or community bank

  • Written by Terri Friedline, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
imageThe Postal Service has over 30,000 retail locations in the U.S, including off the Appalachian Trail in Caratunk, Me.AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

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