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Europe fined banks 1.31 billion euro for rigging Euribor and has since fined 8.7 million euro under the regulation written to stop it
| Decision and date | Party | Fine |
|---|---|---|
| Cartel decision, 4 December 2013 | Deutsche Bank | 465,861,000 euro |
| Cartel decision, 4 December 2013 | Societe Generale | 227,718,000 euro |
| Cartel decision, 4 December 2013 | Royal Bank of Scotland | 131,004,000 euro |
| Cartel decision, 4 December 2013 | Barclays | 0, immunity |
| Cartel decision, 7 December 2016 | JPMorgan Chase | 337,196,000 euro |
| Cartel decision, 7 December 2016 | Credit Agricole | 114,654,000 euro |
| Cartel decision, 7 December 2016 | HSBC | 33,606,000 euro |
| Euro rate cartel, both decisions | derived total | 1,310,039,000 euro |
| Benchmarks Regulation, 2021, Germany | a supervised contributor, Article 16 | 8,663,200 euro |
| Benchmarks Regulation, 2022, Luxembourg | Articles 28 and 29 | 45,800 euro |
| Benchmarks Regulation, 2022, Germany | Articles 11, 15 and 16 | 0, a measure not a fine |
| Benchmarks Regulation, derived total | union wide, 2021 and 2022 | 8,709,000 euro |
The 2013 decision imposed 1,494,302,000 euro across all cartels it covered; the euro rate cartel component is listed above. The regulation figures are every outcome verified from the supervisor's own annual sanctions reports for 2021 and 2022. Reports for 2023 onward were not located.
Two cartel decisions in 2013 and 2016 imposed 1,310,039,000 euro on the euro rate cartel. Verified sanctions under the Benchmarks Regulation across the whole union in 2021 and 2022 total 8,709,000 euro, a ratio of about 150 to one.
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