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    Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

    Banking and fintech correspondent

    Sid is the FT's banking and fintech correspondent, covering topics including challenger banks, the future of cash and the mortgage market. Other roles have included capital markets reporter, European technology correspondent - for which he received a MHP 30 under 30 To Watch award in 2020 - and leader writer.

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    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Revolut Ltd
      Revolut strikes share deal with SoftBank to remove barrier to UK licence

      Britain’s most valuable fintech still faces obstacles to gaining Bank of England approval

      Nik Storonsky
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Chase UK to ban cryptocurrency purchases over fraud fears

      JPMorgan’s UK bank the latest to limit consumers’ abilities to buy volatile assets

      Smartphone screen showing Chase website
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      EY
      Santander ditched EY as financial crime consultant over alleged failings

      Group refunded bank millions of pounds after its work ‘went badly wrong over an extended period’

      People sitting on benches with a Santander cashpoint behind them
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe
      Law firms push blockchain work in finance despite ‘cryptowinter’

      Complex IT deals demand expert advice

      Market analysis on a digital monitor
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      UK interest rates
      UK mortgage rates set to fall after BoE knife-edge vote

      Decision to hold interest rates will be welcomed by prospective homebuyers and property sector

      A man takes down a For Sale sign outside a house
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Revolut Ltd
      Revolut granted extension on annual results for second consecutive year

      Companies House gives UK fintech until end of December to file its results

      Revolut card
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Digital cash and culture wars

      ECB raises interest rates to all-time high

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      UK financial regulation
      UK regulator curbs misleading promotions of lifetime mortgages

      Financial Conduct Authority warns that companies must follow new consumer duty

      Aerial view of terraced houses in south west London.
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Digital banking
      UK cash use grows for first time in a decade

      Debit card usage rises even faster, reaching 50 per cent of payments in 2022

    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      UK mortgage rates
      UK mortgage lenders push through further rate cuts

      Nationwide, Santander and smaller providers drop prices this week

      Terraced houses in Liverpool
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Metro Bank
      Metro Bank admits capital relief delayed

      UK challenger lender has spent years seeking approval to use internal models to cut charges

      Metro Bank signs outside a branch in London
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Business education
      Driving diversity amid adversity

      Practitioners discuss creating a cultural shift — and the role of business schools

      A group of businesspeople having a meeting in a modern office
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Mortgages
      Perenna to offer 30-year mortgages after regulatory approval

      UK-based specialist lender will launch long-term, fixed-rate home loans this year

      For sale and to let signs for homes
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      NatWest Group
      NatWest appoints ex-Mastercard boss Haythornthwaite as chair

      Executive will lead search for new chief after Nigel Farage controversy

      A sign outside a NatWest branch in London
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      The Big Read
      How digital cash got caught up in the culture wars

      Plans for central bank digital currencies are gaining momentum around the world — and so are conspiracy theories

    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      UK banks
      More than one in eight UK bank branches to close in 2023

      FT analysis shows access to cash has declined since 2015

      The remains of a sign over a former branch of Barclays Bank, now closed
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      NatWest Group
      Law firm set to miss first deadline on NatWest’s Farage review

      Travers Smith likely to complete work by September 22, one person familiar with issue says

      People walk past Coutts bank
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      UK banks
      UK banks tighten up on work from home

      Autumn brings greater demands for office attendance in financial services

      Charlie Nunn
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      UK economy
      UK wages: which sectors are driving up pay?

      Britain could see interest rates rise further as pay growth remains high

      montage of a worker in front of a graphic
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Klarna AB
      Klarna ready for IPO when conditions improve, says chief

      Swedish ‘buy now, pay later’ pioneer posts profitable month for first time in three years

      A Klarna logo on a laptop and a mobile phone
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      News in-depthEuropean banks
      High hopes, rocky realities: Europe’s new banks struggle to grow up

      Funding bonanza has come to an end with interest rate rises and doubts about profitability, controls and culture

      The exterior of the German neobank N26
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Co-operative Bank
      Former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers faces fraud charge

      Case is a rare example of a criminal prosecution of a senior UK banker

      Paul Flowers
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      NatWest Group
      Rose eligible for £2.4mn from NatWest despite resignation

      Nigel Farage criticises former chief executive’s pay deal following her departure over Brexit campaigner’s treatment

      Alison Rose
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Adyen NV
      Adyen co-head admits payments group must rebuild investors’ trust

      Ingo Uytdehaage says important not to overreact after disappointment on profits hits shares

      The Adyen logo on the company’s headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      UK banks
      Give public and business cash services within 3 miles or be fined, UK banks told

      Campaigners bemoan lack of detail in new government plans to boost access to deposits and withdrawals

      Cash at an ATM
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