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Banks fined more than £2bn over Forex rigging scandal

Regulators in the UK and US have fined banks more than £2 billion over the foreign exchange (Forex) rigging scandal.

The Financial Conduct Authority said it was imposing the fines for "failing to control business practices in their G10 spot foreign exchange".

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FCA: Record fines 'mark the gravity of failings found'

The Financial Conduct Authority said today's record fines over the foreign exchange (Forex) rigging scandal "mark the gravity of the failings we found".

FCA chief executive Martin Wheatley said in a statement:

The FCA does not tolerate conduct which imperils market integrity or the wider UK financial system.

Today’s record fines mark the gravity of the failings we found and firms need to take responsibility for putting it right.

They must make sure their traders do not game the system to boost profits or leave the ethics of their conduct to compliance to worry about.

– Martin Wheatley, FCA chief executive

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