{
  "id": 5929081,
  "title": "Banking desertification in Liguria, alarm raised by Uilca and citizens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/desertificazione-bancaria-in-liguria-allarme-di-uilca-e-cittadini",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-06T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Il Sole 24 Ore",
    "slug": "il-sole-24-ore",
    "url": "https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/desertificazione-bancaria-liguria-allarme-uilca-e-cittadini-AJrz13k"
  },
  "original_language": "it",
  "account": "The Uilca 2025 Report highlights concerns about bank desertification in Liguria, Italy. According to the report, 75.8% of Ligurians use banks exclusively to manage their money, the fifth highest rate in Italy. The region has been significantly affected by bank branch closures, with 76% of citizens reporting being impacted. Ligurians highly value bank services, with 97.1% considering them important, and 95.4% expressing dissatisfaction with branch closures. Most residents believe that bank branches provide essential services that cannot be replaced by ATMs or digital services.",
  "summary": "Bank desertification is a concern for the citizens of Liguria and the trade union. The data emerges from the Uilca 2025 Report, from which the data for the region were extracted, by the Ligurian secretary of...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "La chiusura delle filiali bancarie in Liguria sta causando problemi concreti ai cittadini, che considerano la presenza di servizi bancari sul territorio molto importante e l'assistenza personale un valore aggiunto indispensabile.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}