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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Barclays Bank PLC
Current Parent Company: Barclays
Penalty: $150,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: November 18, 2015
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: foreign exchange market manipulation
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Barclays agreed to pay an additional $150 million penalty to the New York State Department of Financial Services and terminate its Global Head of Electronic Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities Automated Flow Trading for misconduct related to automated, electronic foreign exchange trading. This was on top of a $485 million payment to DFS earlier in 2015.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Department of Financial Services
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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