Tag: Benjamin Lawsky

• Thursday, May 21st 2015 - 07:08 UTC

  Five world leading banks fined 5.7bn dollars for manipulating foreign exchange markets

  

  Five of the world's largest banks are to pay fines totaling $5.7bn for charges including manipulating the foreign exchange market. Four of the banks - JPMorgan, Barclays, Citigroup and RBS - have agreed to plead guilty to US criminal charges, while the fifth, UBS from Switzerland will plead guilty to rigging benchmark interest rates.