June 2000

The MG PTT (the mutual benefit society of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones) traditionally destined for the employees of Post Office and Telecoms, change of name, by becoming Mutuelle Générale, and of statutes, by opening to new categorizes of workers.

2002

Closing of the national high school of Post, Telegraph and Telecommunication (ENSPTT). Since 1888, this technical, political, administrative and managerial institut was teaching the administrators and strategical staff of La Poste.

2003

Establishment of the strategic plan “Performances et convergences” which is leading La Poste Group to 2007.

1st January 2003

Opening to competition for the upper 100 g mail. (Second postal Directive in 2002)

2004 - 2009

Deployment of Cap Qualité Courrier (CQC) with an investment of 3,4 billions euros. A new logistics chain, with faster sorting machines and bigger industrial platforms and delevering units.

2005

The law on postal deregulation; a postal credit establishment is created; the Proriol amendment provides for the presence of postal service within 5 km of all French citizens.

2005

Former Territorial Real estate boards are transformed in a subsidiary company detained to 100 % by La Poste Groupe, Post Immo. It is in charge of the property resources valorization.

2005

To modernize its reputation and the welcome in the offices, the company launches « La Poste party » on september. During a day, special decorations and animations according to the offices, opening to the customers of normally closed postal places, all crowned by the slogan « let's smile, you are at the post office ! »

20 May 2005

Deregulation postal law in order to open the full postal markets.

2006

The French Post Office opens the Postal Bank (La Banque Postale) as of 1st January and assumes the status of a real bank. After creating the circulation of non-liquid currency (the 1817 mandate), bringing the concept of popular savings to the provinces (the National Savings Bank in 1881), making the check available to the population at large (the postal checking account in 1918), and participating in the rise of public credit offerings (the postal Visa card in 1982-83), it’s able to offer credits to its customers, which is effective in 2010.