“The banking layer is critical.”

Sam Sidhu, President & CEO at Customers Bank, made that point at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium while describing the infrastructure needed to keep institutional markets moving outside traditional banking hours.

Customers Bank operates a 24/7 liquidity network that Sidhu said processes about $2 trillion each year and moves billions of dollars over weekends. Participants include exchanges, stablecoin providers, market makers, custodians, investors, and banks, which puts the bank directly inside the flow of digital asset liquidity.

Sidhu’s comments focused on what happens once markets expect cash to move continuously. Intrabank settlement can solve part of that problem when both sides operate within the same network. Real-time payment rails extend that capability further, while banks still need processes that can manage liquidity at hours when conventional settlement systems have historically been inactive.

The structural takeaway:

✅ Banking rails become part of continuous market infrastructure
✅ Weekend liquidity requires cash movement outside legacy settlement windows
✅ Intrabank networks can shorten the path between counterparties
✅ Real-time payments expand the operating hours available to institutional markets

As trading extends across more hours, the ability to move cash becomes a core part of market access rather than a back-office constraint.

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