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Deutsche Bank fined almost $10 million over Euribor controls
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Posted on December 30, 2021
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Published by maria gbaf
Posted on December 30, 2021
2 min readLast updated: January 28, 2026
Deutsche Bank was fined nearly $10 million by BaFin for inadequate Euribor controls, marking the first penalty under 2018 regulations to prevent rate manipulation.
By Tom Sims and Hans Seidenstuecker
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German financial regulator BaFin has fined Deutsche Bank nearly $10 million for controls related to the Euribor interest rate in a setback for the nation’s largest lender as it seeks to restore its reputation.
The 8.66 million euro ($9.77 million) fine announced on Wednesday is the first imposed by BaFin under a 2018 regulation that seeks to prevent manipulation of Euribor, the Euro Interbank Offered Rate benchmark used in the financial industry.
“The bank at times did not have in place effective preventive systems, controls and policies,” BaFin said.
Deutsche Bank said it accepted the fine and had implemented measures to improve its controls regarding Euribor.
The bank added that there was no reason to believe it had made incorrect rate submissions to the benchmark administrator.
The period in question was between April 2019 and April 2020, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
BaFin found flaws in certain processes meant to safeguard the quality of data used to calculate the rate, including weaknesses in regular controls and other organisational precautions, the source said.
The bank has been subject to numerous regulatory and legal investigations over the past decade. This has included rate-rigging allegations that have involved multiple global banks.
In April BaFin ordered Deutsche Bank to implement further safeguards to prevent money laundering.
Under new leadership, BaFin has itself been trying to restore its image https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/germanys-new-finance-watchdog-vows-further-supervision-reforms-2021-10-13 after it failed to spot wrongdoing ahead of the collapse last year of German payments company Wirecard.
($1 = 0.8861 euros)
(Reporting by Tom SimsEditing by Louise Heavens and David Goodman)
The main topic is Deutsche Bank being fined nearly $10 million by BaFin for inadequate controls related to the Euribor interest rate.
Deutsche Bank was fined for not having effective preventive systems, controls, and policies in place for Euribor rate submissions.
Euribor is the Euro Interbank Offered Rate, a benchmark interest rate used in the financial industry.
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