Royal Bank of Scotland will pay $615 million to US and British authorities to settle allegations it manipulated key interest rate benchmarks, including the London interbank offered rate known as Libor. John Hourican, head of RBS’s investment bank, has agreed to leave following staff misconduct. Part state-owned RBS is the third bank to be punished following investigations into rate-fixing by international authorities, after UBS and Barclays.

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