NEW YORK CITY: US regulators on Wednesday fined Swiss bank UBS $342 million for manipulation of foreign exchange markets, as other global lenders prepared for even larger penalties.

Five major banks including UBS will pay fines totaling billions of dollars for rigging the foreign exchange (forex) market in settlements all expected to be unveiled Wednesday by US and British regulators.

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