UPDATE 1-U.S. SEC a stumbling block in banks' forex guilty pleas -sources
May 14, 2015 at 20:24 PM EDT
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Banks want assurances from U.S. regulators that they will not be barred from certain businesses before agreeing to plead guilty to criminal charges over the manipulation of foreign exchange rates, causing a delay in multibillion-dollar settlements, people familiar with the matter said.