As Libor Fault-Finding Grows, It Is Now Every Bank for Itself
Major banks, which often band together when facing government scrutiny, are now turning on one another as an international investigation into the manipulation of interest rates gains momentum.
With billions of dollars and their reputations on the line, financial institutions have been spreading the blame in recent meetings with authorities, according to government and bank officials with knowledge of the matter. While acknowledging their own wrongdoing, institutions are pointing out actions at other banks that they believe are worse — and in some cases, extend to top executives.
One official involved in the case said that banks are emphasizing that “we’re not as bad as the next guy.”
The Swiss bank UBS, which has a history of regulatory run-ins, has shared e-mails, instant messages and other information suggesting it had colluded with traders at Deutsche Bank, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland to manipulate key interest rates, according to court documents and bank employees. In talks with authorities, HSBC is providing its own account of the activities, according to a lawyer briefed on the matter. Citigroup has also detailed rate manipulation with other banks.
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Cannibalism between banks will start soon
Again I reiterate… ore is yet to come, you haven’t seen anything yet!!!! Let God be true and every man a liar…Babylon a falling, a falling, hear the people bawling…remember Babel? The word’s first attempt of a one world economy without God…LOL…the Psalmist says that the Lord sits in heaven on His throne and laughs in derision at the governments and their antics ( my word..antics…LOL)