Rand rigging scandal reaches Constitutional Court

JOHANNESBURG - The Constitutional Court is set to hear arguments in the high-stakes rand-manipulation case involving local and international banks.

The Competition Commission wants the apex court to overturn a ruling that cleared most respondent banks of collusion. 

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It accuses them of conspiring to rig the rand-dollar exchange rate through secret information-sharing on messaging platforms.

Standard Bank, FirstRand, and Nedbank deny any wrongdoing.

They argue the allegations have already cost them heavily in both money and reputation.

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