LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Barclays was fined $115million by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission onWednesday to settle an investigation into the setting of theISDAfix benchmark, in addition to a fine for currency marketmanipulation.
The British bank pleaded guilty to a U.S. criminal chargeand was fined $2.4 billion by U.S. and British authorities onWednesday for manipulating foreign exchange rates.
It said in its release on the FX settlement: "Barclays hasalso reached a settlement with the CFTC as part of anindustry-wide investigation into the setting of the US DollarISDAfix benchmark. In connection with this resolution, Barclayshas agreed to pay 74.2 million pounds ($115 million)." (Reporting by Steve Slater; editing by Susan Thomas)