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FX fixing enforcement actions

This library records 9 enforcement actions tagged fx fixing. FX fixing manipulation is trading during the short window used to calculate a daily currency benchmark, using advance knowledge of client orders that must be executed at that fix.

Actions are listed newest first. Each row links to a case page carrying the regulator's own release and, where one was published, the complaint. For how this technique works and what statute it engages, read the fx fixing technique page.

Actions
9
Total penalties
$2.7bn
Median penalty
$800m
Largest
$1.5bn
Criminal parallel
11%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
CFTC v. Barclays Bank PLC (FX benchmark manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-05-20 $400m settled
FCA v. Barclays Bank PLC (FX benchmark manipulation, 2015) FCA 2015-05-20 — settled
CFTC v. Deutsche Bank AG (LIBOR and Euribor manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-04-23 $800m settled
CFTC v. Citibank, HSBC, JPMorgan, RBS and UBS (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) CFTC 2014-11-12 $1.5bn settled
FCA v. Citibank N.A. (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) FCA 2014-11-11 — settled
FCA v. HSBC Bank plc (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) FCA 2014-11-11 — settled
FCA v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) FCA 2014-11-11 — settled
FCA v. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) FCA 2014-11-11 — settled
FCA v. UBS AG (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) FCA 2014-11-11 — settled