The Post Office in Britain also handles many of these things: Girobank bank accounts, bill payments, cashing welfare checks, and so on, although in the latter case they are trying to force everybody into having payments made directly into an account.
The P.O. here also issues vehicle licenses (the disk attached to the windshield upon payment of the annual tax) and TV licenses. Along with the bill payments idea they also issue savings stamps for telephone, electricity, and TV licenses.
We also have the concept of the "Sub Post Office," which is generally a small area and counter set aside for the purpose within a small village store so that people have access to postal services while picking up other essential provisions.
Many of the smaller sub-Post Offices are gradually closing, leaving a lot of people without easy access to services, especially the elderly in rural areas without easy access to transport (public transport here has also become a joke, but that's another story!).
