Union officials said they expect the program to reach other post offices nationwide after the holiday season. The Postal Service will soon begin advertising the paycheck-cashing service, and will use the increased foot traffic during the agency’s peak season to gauge consumer interest and effective price points.

Postal officials expect to expand the pilot into a fuller study with more locations and financial products, such as bill-paying services and ATMs

pilot program came out of nowhere sept 13th... at a time like now.

they plan to broadly implement after the holidays.