(Updates with background on litigation.) By Nate Raymond NEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - BNP Paribas SA has agreed to pay $115 million to settle U.S. investor lawsuits accusing 16 major banks of rigging prices in the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market, a person familiar with the
Read moreNEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - BNP Paribas SA has agreed to pay $115 million to settle investor claims of price-rigging in the foreign exchange market, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The bank is one of nine that have reached agreements totaling more than $2 billion to settl
Read more(ShareCast News) - HSBC, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland are among nine banks that have agreed a settlement with US investors over foreign exchange rate rigging claims, with litigation continuing a group of 12 others that includes Standard Chartered. UBS, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Ba
Read more(Adds comment from plaintiffs' lawyer Michael Hausfeld, adds case number) By Nate Raymond NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Investors have recovered more than $2 billion in settlements with nine banks over claims of price-rigging in the foreign exchange market, and are continuing to pursue
Read more(Corrects spelling of "lawsuit" in headline) NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Investors suing various banks for rigging prices in the foreign exchange market have reached settlements with nine banks that have brought their total recovery to more than $2 billion, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said
Read more* Earmarks 30 bln shillings for SME loans * H1 pretax profit up 5 pct, lags rivals * Shares slip 1 percent (Adds company, analyst comments, detail, background, shares) By Duncan Miriri and Edith Honan NAIROBI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Barclays Bank of Kenya has earmarked 30 b
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