It's been fined for issuing false credit ratings that eventually led to the resulting market crash.
A probe has found that Moody’s issued high ratings to sub-prime home loans, which later collapsed in 2007.
In some cases, credit ratings firms gave out top grades to junk deals, in order to secure business from the banks.
Last year, S&P Global Ratings also paid about R26 billion fines on similar charges.
Moody’s, S&P and Fitch account for the lion’s share of the ratings market at 96 percent.
