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US investigates currency trades at major banks

PTI

US federal authorities are investigating activities of traders at major global banks suspected of forming cartels and altering the price of foreign currencies, a manipulation dubbed as “just the tip of the iceberg,” according to a media report.

The report said that from their desks at some of the world’s biggest banks, traders hatched alliances for their own profits. The traders exchanged a series of instant messages that earned them the nickname ‘the cartel’...