{
  "id": 574624,
  "title": "Central Bank: 21,000 accounts at state expense: Bundesbank abolishes privilege - and outrages employees and pensioners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/notenbank-21-000-konten-auf-staatskosten-bundesbank-schafft-privileg",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-11T14:09:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/geldpolitik/bundesbank-vorstand-kuendigt-allen-beschaeftigten-konten-und-depots/100245801.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A court ruling, frustration, a mediator as the only way out: a dispute over free accounts is raging at the German Federal Bank, Handelsblatt research shows. Now the final chapter has begun.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Central Bank: 21,000 accounts at state expense: Bundesbank abolishes privilege - and outrages employees and pensioners",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/notenbank-21-000-konten-auf-staatskosten-bundesbank-schafft-privileg",
        "published": "2026-08-12T14:06:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}