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Libor-rigging investigations resulted in about $9 billion of fines worldwide for banks, including $2.5 billion for Deutsche Bank in 2015

Deutsche Bank traders' Libor convictions thrown out

A US appeals court has thrown out the convictions of two former Deutsche Bank traders for rigging Libor, once among the world's most important financial benchmarks, and ordered acquittals for both men.

Business • 28 Jan 22

The BBC's Panorama programme claims to have uncovered a 2008 recording between a senior Barclays manager and its Libor submitter that suggests the bank was exerting pressure on lenders to lowball the rate

Claims BoE may have been involved in Libor manipulation

British politicians are calling for a government probe following reports that the Bank of England may have been involved in Libor manipulation.

Business • 10 Apr 17

Deutsche Bank has already been fined £1.6 billion in relation to Libor rate rigging

British fraud office conducts Libor interviews

Current and former Deutsche Bank employees are reportedly being questioned by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office in relation to Libor rate-rigging.

Business • 27 Aug 15

Tom Hayes is the first person to face trial by jury over allegations he conspired to rig global Libor interest rates

Trader accused of being Libor rigging 'ringmaster'

A British trader who worked for UBS and Citigroup was accused of being the greedy "ringmaster" of a conspiracy to rig global interest rates at his trial today.

Business • 26 May 15

UK's Barclays fired eight employees as part of its settlement

Global banks plead guilty on rate rigging

Authorities have fined five of the world's largest banks, including JP Morgan Chase & Co and Citigroup, roughly $5.7 billion.

Business • 20 May 15

Deutsche Bank was fined $2.175bn by US authorities and £227m by British watchdogs

Deutsche Bank fined $2.5bn over Libor rigging

US and British regulators have fined Deutsche Bank a hefty $2.5bn over its involvement in benchmark interest rate rigging.

Business • 23 Apr 15

EU fines JP Morgan for rigging interest rates

The European Commission has fined US banking giant JP Morgan over €61m for its role in rigging benchmark international interest rates.

Business • 21 Oct 14

Lloyds is the latest bank to settle over its involvement in Libor rate-rigging

Lloyds to pay £218m fine over Libor rate-rigging

Lloyds Banking Group is to pay fines totalling £218 million to British and US authorities after it became the latest lender to be punished over the rigging of interest rate benchmarks.

Business • 28 Jul 14

Lloyds reportedly faces fines of between £200m and £300m

Lloyds close to agreeing Libor settlement

Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed that it is close to agreeing a settlement over allegations related to the rigging of interest rate benchmarks.

Business • 25 Jul 14

Rabobank's net profit fell by €46m to €2.01 billion in 2013

Rabobank's profits sag on back of Libor scandal

Rabobank has posted a 2% drop in net profit for 2013, hit by a massive fine relating to the Libor rate-fixing scandal and the weak Dutch property market.

Business • 27 Feb 14

Royal Bank of Scotland bans the use of multi-dealer online chat rooms in its markets division

RBS clamps down on multi-dealer online chat rooms

Royal Bank of Scotland's markets division has banned the use of multi-dealer online chat rooms, the bank said.

Business • 19 Dec 13

Banks hit with highest competition penalty ever imposed by the European Commission

EU fines banks €1.7 billion for benchmark rigging

EU competition regulators fined six financial institutions a record total of €1.71 billion today for rigging financial benchmarks.

Business • 04 Dec 13

Rabobank's chief executive Piet Moerland to resign immediately

Rabobank fined $1 billion over Libor scandal

US and European regulators have ordered Dutch lender Rabobank to pay $1.07 billion to settle allegations it aided a scheme to rig benchmark interest rates.

Business • 29 Oct 13

ICAP fined $87m for Libor rigging scandal

ICAP, the world's largest interdealer broker, has been fined $87m by US and UK regulators over its role in the Libor rate rigging scandal

Business • 25 Sep 13

NYSE Euronext to administer Libor interest rate

NYSE Euronext, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange, has been chosen to run Libor.

Business • 09 Jul 13

Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins wants to cut 3,700 jobs in UK bank

Barclays Q1 profit hit by restructuring charge

Barclays' investment banking division beat expectations in the first quarter, outshining the wider group's earnings drop.

Business • 24 Apr 13

Gold prices are currently fixed twice a day through a teleconference with five banks

London's gold and silver markets may face probe

London's gold and silver markets face a possible probe into price setting, potentially putting a century-old practice under the spotlight.

Business • 14 Mar 13

RBS said it paid employees £607m in bonuses for 2012

RBS reports pre-tax losses of £5.2 billion

Royal Bank of Scotland today posted a pre-tax loss of £5.2 billion sterling, hit by a £4.6 billion charge for losses on the value of its own debt.

Business • 28 Feb 13

RBS was one bank fined for rigging Libor rates

Banks may be forced to stay on Euribor panels

Banks may be forced to stay on the panels that set benchmark interest rates such as Euribor to ensure their validity, under a draft EU law to be proposed later this year in response to a rate-rigging scandal.

Business • 08 Feb 13

Libor scandal as claimed the scalps of a raft of senior banking figures

How the Libor scandal hit two major banks

The Libor scandal has become one of the biggest to engulf the banking industry in recent years and has claimed the scalps of a raft of senior figures.

Business • 06 Feb 13

Royal Bank of Scotland fined £390m on Libor scandal

RBS fined £390m on Libor rigging scandal

Royal Bank of Scotland is to pay £390m (€450.8m) to regulators in the US and UK to settle its involvement in the Libor-rigging scandal.

Business • 06 Feb 13

RBS set to cut bonuses after huge fine

The bonus pot at state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland will shrink this year as the bank pays an estimated £350m sterling fine for its role in the interbank lending rate scandal.

Business • 31 Dec 12

UBS to enter a plea to one count of wire fraud relating to the manipulation of certain benchmark interest rates

UBS to pay $1.53 billion to settle Libor case

Swiss banking giant UBS said today it has admitted to fraud and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to US, British and Swiss authorities in a probe into the rigging of global benchmark interest rates.

Business • 19 Dec 12

UBS faces $1 billion fine on Libor charges

UBS is expected to be hit with a $1 billion-plus fine to settle charges of rigging Libor interest rates this week

Business • 18 Dec 12

Two new US investigations at Barclays

Barclays has revealed two new US regulatory investigations into its financial probity and said third quarter profits fell by a fifth because of charges for the mis-selling of insurance.

Business • 31 Oct 12