US fines 16 Wall Street firms $1.8 billion for discussing deals and brokering personal apps
Sept 27 (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Tuesday fined 16 financial firms, including Barclays (BARC.L), Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse (CSGN.S), Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS (UBSG .S), a total of $1.8 billion after staff discussed deals and transactions on their personal devices and apps. The broad industry investigation, first reported by Reuters …