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Libor

RBS fined $612-million for rate rigging Add to ...

British state-owned bank Royal Bank of Scotland has to pay US and UK regulators around $612 million for its role in the Libor interest-rate rigging scandal. CEO Stephen Hester avoided a political firestorm by saying the bank's profits would be used to pay the fines.