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Banks fined £2bn for forex failings


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They should be held accountable, just like anyone else committing fraud would be.
I agree that they should. I predict that they won't. Again.

 

EDIT - as somebody commented on the FT article, all this fine has done, is set the going rate for getting caught pulling this particular Forex trick. Like the Libor-related fines set the going rate for getting caught pulling the Libor trick (and which Libor scandal did not stop the traders from continuing to pull the Forex trick btw - look at the comparative timelines). In either case, just locate same at a relevant line of the P&L account, and factor into overheads for future costs of doing business.

 

Or perhaps it's my overdeveloped sense of cynicism acting up...admittedly, it's been stress-tested quite extensively since 2008 ;)

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