Credit Suisse Is Final Holdout in FX Rigging Case Going to Trial

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Credit Suisse Is Final Holdout in FX Rigging Case Going to Trial

Oct. 11, 2022, 8:00 AMClass-action trial over 2007-2013 chatroom collusion claimsCompany faces jury after 15 banks settled for $2.3 billionCredit Suis

Oct. 11, 2022, 8:00 AM

Credit Suisse Group AG is the last of 16 banks to face a US class-action lawsuit accusing it of conspiring with others to rig the foreign exchange market.

Jury selection starts Tuesday in a case by a class of investors including pension funds that claims the bank used online chatrooms from late 2007 through 2013 to fix the spreads for currency pairs. The suit alleges this was done with traders from other international banking giants, including Citigroup Inc., UBS Group AG, Barclays Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., HSBC Holdings Plc. and Deutsche Bank AG.

The trial …

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