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Beyond irony: U.S. sues banks for suppressing interest rates
U.S. Regulator Sues 16 Banks for Rigging Key Interest Rate
By Nate Raymond
Reuters
Friday, March 14, 2014
NEW YORK -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sued 16 of the world's largest banks on Friday, accusing them of colluding to suppress interest rates.
The lawsuit, filed in the federal district court in New York, was the latest to accuse financial institutions of conspiring to manipulate Libor, or the London Interbank Offered Rate. ...
The banks named as defendants include Bank of America Corp., Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank, HSBC Holdings, JPMorgan Chase & Co., the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, and UBS.
The lawsuit also named the British Bankers' Association, the U.K. trade organization that during the period at issue administered Libor. ...
... For the full story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/14/us-fdic-libor-idUSBREA2D1KR201...
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