Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LLOY)’s manipulation of key interest rates was branded “reprehensible” by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney as the lender agreed to pay 226 million pounds ($383 million) in fines and redress . . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-28/carney-calls-lloyds-reprehensible-for-rate-manipulation.html

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Lloyds Bank plc (Lloyds) and Bank of Scotland plc (BoS), both part of Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), £105 million for serious misconduct relating to the Special Liquidity Scheme (SLS), the Repo Rate benchmark and the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) . . .

http://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/lloyds-banking-group-fined-105m-libor-benchmark-failings

Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Bank of Nova Scotia have been accused of attempting to rig the price of silver, in a lawsuit filed in the US . . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28509979#

Bank of England officials are still concerned by the UK economy’s weakness while business leaders have urged that the “time has come” to raise rates . . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28437532#

U.K. prosecutors are preparing to open a criminal investigation into alleged manipulation of foreign-exchange benchmarks, a person with knowledge of the matter said. . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-20/uk-sfo-said-close-to-opening-fx-rigging-investigation.html