HSBC has agreed to pay $285 million and Barclays $375 million, the Journal said.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) settled for $99.5 million in January and Switzerland's UBS Group AG (UBSG.VX) settled for $135 million in March.
Other defendants include Citigroup Inc (C.N), Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.VX), Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE), Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS.L).
Investors including the city of Philadelphia, hedge funds and public pension funds accused the 12 banks of having conspired since January 2003 in chat rooms, instant messages and emails to manipulate the WM/Reuters Closing Spot Rates.
According to the lawsuit, the banks held an 84 percent global market share in currency trading, and were counterparties in 98 percent of U.S. spot volume.
HSBC, Barclays, BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs could not be immediately reached for comment.
(Reporting by Neha Dimri in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
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