Currency-rigging settlements soar past $2B

• Five more banks have agreed to settle U.S. investor lawsuits tied to a global currency-rigging scandal, which claimed the institutions conspired to manipulate the $5.3T-a-day foreign-exchange market.
• HSBC (NYSE:HSBC), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), BNP Paribas (OTCPK:BNPZY) and Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE:RBS) now join a list of nine firms which previously settled the class actions, bringing the total amount investors have recovered to $2B.