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The Guardian view on the foreign exchange scandal: banks busted, againEditorial: Three countries have caught five institutions with their hands in the till. Banking is rotten to the core, but flattering pre-crisis ideas about its role have proved remarkably hard to shift -
Barclays may face massive new penalty over currency riggingBank puts discount on fines at risk by refusing early settlement as six rivals are ordered to pay £2.6bn for currency rigging
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Treasury gains £1.1bn windfall from record fines on banksGeorge Osborne says proceeds from regulator’s crackdown on currency market rigging will be ‘used for the wider public good’ -
Bank of England predicts lower inflation; banks fined for forex rigging – live updatesHSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS, JP Morgan and Citigroup have all been penalised for their role in rigging the global foreign exchange market
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Will banking fines be enough to change banker behaviour?
Five major banks have been fined £2bn for rigging the forex market. This follows banking fines for activities such as sanctions busting, Libor rigging and mortgage bond mis-selling. So will the latest heavy fines change anything?
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Cartoon Steve Bell on the forex rigging scandal – cartoon
George Osborne says proceeds from regulator's crackdown on currency market rigging will be 'used for the wider public good'