Sept 23 (Reuters) - Britain's ICAP Plc may pay lessthan $100 million to settle a civil probe into thebroker-dealer's alleged role in the manipulation of a keyinterest rate, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing peoplefamiliar with the settlement talks.
The agreement could come as soon as Wednesday and would bethe fourth in an investigation into the alleged manipulation ofthe London interbank offered rate, or Libor, and otherbenchmarks on which are based interest rates for trillions ofdollars of loans. ()
Barclays Plc, UBS AG and Royal Bank ofScotland Group Plc have agreed to pay a total of about$2.5 billion in settlements since last summer.
ICAP spokeswoman Brigitte Trafford said she had no commenton the Journal report.