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2022年5月16日，据媒体报道，瑞士瑞信银行、德意志银行、香港上海汇丰银行、荷兰国际银行、花旗银行和摩根大通银行六家银行同意通过和解文件，支付6450万美元（约合人民币4.4亿元）和解金，以解决针对他们的反垄断指控。这些指控涉及通过协议合谋操纵新加坡广泛用于抵押贷款和其他银行产品定价的基准利率。原告针对其他银行的索赔预计在未来几周内解决。（微信公众号“竞争法视界”）
原文标题：Six Major Banks To Pay $64.5M To Settle Antitrust Allegations
According to a proposed settlement, 6 major banks have agreed to pay $64.5 million to resolve antitrust allegations that they conspired to rig benchmark Singapore interest rates.
Lawyers for the investment fund plaintiffs said in a proposed settlement filing that the settling defendants are Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, ING Bank Citibank and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
“The terms of the settlements are substantively fair, providing considerable relief to eligible class members in exchange for the complete resolution of the action,” Vincent Briganti of Lowey Dannenberg said in a court filing.
In a statement, Credit Suisse said that it was “pleased” to resolve the matters dating back to 2007.
Despite settling the banks have denied any wrongdoing. The New York-based 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in March 2021 revived allegations against the banks from plaintiffs including Fund Liquidation Holdings.
The complaint accused banks of rigging the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR) and Singapore Swap Offered Rate. The SIBOR is widely used for pricing mortgages and other banking products.
Briganti said in the proposed settlement filing that the plaintiffs anticipated settling claims in the coming weeks against other bank defendants. He told the court he needed more time to finalize the deals.
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