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JPMorgan, HSBC among dozen banks facing fines for rigging S. African rand
By Renee Bonorchis and Michael Cohen
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
South Africa's antitrust investigators have urged that a dozen banks be fined for colluding and manipulating trades in the rand, potentially becoming the latest in a string of penalties handed to lenders around the world for rigging currencies.
South African's Competition Commission identified lenders including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC Holdings Plc, BNP Paribas SA, Credit Suisse Group AG, HSBC Holdings Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Nomura Holdings Inc. as among those that participated in price fixing and market allocation in the trading of foreign currency pairs involving the rand since at least 2007. It referred the case to an antitrust tribunal, concluding an investigation that began in 2015. ...
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-15/south-africa-to-prose...
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