Morning Scan: Barclays Settles Libor Suit; Lending Club Woes

08/09/16

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Barclays settles again: Barclays Bank agreed to pay $100 million to settle charges by 43 states and the District of Columbia that it tried to manipulate the London interbank offered rate thereby defrauding government entities and nonprofits out of millions of dollars. The settlement comes roughly four years after the British bank paid $450 million to settle similar claims brought by federal and British authorities. Wall Street Journal, New York Times ...

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