USPS Cleared to Offer More Payment Options for Direct Mailers

Regulators approved changes on Wednesday, which would mean that companies that have a negotiated service agreement with USPS would no longer have to pay up front before they can mail their advertising materials. These payment terms could still include prepayment, USPS noted, but could also specify other payment methods such as direct electronic bank transfers.

“The (Postal Regulatory) Commission is unaware of any prohibition which would bar its use by the Postal Service,” the regulators concluded, adding that future negotiated services agreements would have to specify the alternative postal payment method being used.