Westpac has been ordered to pay a $3.3 million penalty for engaging in unconscionable conduct when it traded in bank bills in an attempt to influence the benchmark Bank Bill Swap Rate on four occasions, with a Federal Court judge admitting the fine was “inadequate.”

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