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Financial Times: Financial Times

The latest UK and international business, finance, economic and political news, commentary and analysis from the Financial Times.

Register for Financial Times Account

The library provides full access to all content on FT.com. To access that content, users must register for an individual, sponsored account.

ONLY American University current students, faculty, and staff may register for FT.com.

Visit American University's FT.com registration page and follow the instructions to register for an individual, sponsored account.
Feel free to accept or opt out of alerts and personalization features.  

Use your @american.edu email address to register.

** Note: There is a known issue where some registered users are unable to log in with SSO. In that case, click on the 'Having problems logging in?' link. **

Access Financial Times After Registering

After you have registered for an FT.com account:

On the web you can:

  • Visit https://sso.ft.com/sso/auth?entityID=https%3A%2F%2Fidp.american.edu%2Fentity 
    • You will be presented with the familiar AU Sign In screen or you may be passed through to ft.com automatically if you are already signed in to university systems
  • Visit https://www.ft.com/
    • Click 'Sign In'
    • Enter your @american.edu email address and click 'Next'
    • Click on 'SSO Sign In' and you will be taken to the familiar AU Sign In page or else directly to the resource if you are already logged in to a university system in your browser
  • View articles located in the library catalog by logging in to FT.com and searching for the article title there.

In the IOS or Androd app:

  • Click on the hamburger menu
  • Click on ‘Have an account? Sign in’
  • Enter your @american.edu email address in the ‘Enter your email’ field -- you will not need to enter a password on that screen, rather a custom sign in button will appear
  • Click on the prompt to ‘Sign in via American University at Washington DC’
  • You will be taken to the familiar AU Sign In page
  • Enter your AU credentials and approve the DUO push and you will be signed in on the app

What if I have questions about Financial Times access?

Please contact:

American University Library
Electronic Resources Management Unit
liberm@american.edu