Morning Scan: BNY Mellon to Pay $714M to Settle Forex Case; B of A&#...

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Not the Best: Bank of New York Mellon agreed to pay $714 million to settle litigation that accused the custody bank of defrauding clients on currency transactions. Stemming from a lawsuit filed in February 2011, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney and the New York State Attorney General said BNY Mellon gave some clients worse prices on foreign currency trades than promised. Put another way, BNY Mellon promised "best execution" of the foreign-currency trades,...