Editing An Post (section)

===An Post Transaction Services===
In 2003, An Post set up a new division to run its post office and transaction services business, entitled An Post Transaction Services or PostTS. It [[Rebranding|rebranded]] its post offices network as "Post Office" or "Oifig an Phoist" with a new, white-and-red logo, and introduced banking services in conjunction with [[Allied Irish Banks]]. This followed the introduction of a service whereby newsagents could provide some Post Office services.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/business/postpoint-service-allows-customers-to-pay-bills-as-they-shop-1.1056761|title=PostPoint service allows customers to pay bills as they shop|last=O'Dea|first=Clare|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> This service, entitled PostPoint and operated as subsidiary of An Post, was originally formed in 2000 to sell mobile phone top-ups over-the-counter to [[Eircell]] subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postpoint.ie/postpoint-history/ |title=PostPoint History |website=postpoint.ie |access-date=7 March 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726050754/http://www.postpoint.ie/postpoint-history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2005 PostTS sold its foreign operations, and the rebranding effort largely reversed, with the traditional An Post logo restored to Post Offices.{{citation needed|date =October 2018}} Between 2005 and 2006, An Post sold its interest in the Post TS UK and An Post Transaction Services businesses to Alphyra, for a reported €59.3m.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/an-post-gets-the-stamp-of-approval-and-delivers-profit-26346871.html |publisher=Independent News & Media |title=An Post gets the stamp of approval and delivers profit |date=24 January 2008 |access-date=25 October 2018 |quote=the overall profit figures were skewed in 2005 and 2006 by [...] a further €59.3m gain from the company's Post TS UK and An Post Transaction Services businesses, which were sold to Alphyra}}</ref>