Customer snapshot

MetaComp is a Singapore-based, MAS-licensed Major Payment Institution that serves as a premier gateway between traditional finance and the digital asset ecosystem. Through its proprietary StableX Engine, MetaComp provides global enterprises, institutional investors, and stablecoin issuers with FX liquidity, smart routing, and secure cross-border payment workflows.
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The challenge: When digital speed hits traditional borders

In cross-border payments, “fast” is often geography-dependent. 

While digital assets move at the speed of the internet, the traditional banking rails they eventually touch are governed by local banking hours and settlement times. For MetaComp, this means that "instant" liquidity is all too often slowed down the moment it crosses a border or a time zone.

MetaComp’s infrastructure is designed for 24/7 efficiency. However, they faced a persistent operational friction point: the "last mile" of fiat settlement. When global institutional clients instructed payments outside of Asian banking hours, funds could be trapped in "overnight limbo" until the next business day. This geographic dependency created unnecessary capital buffers and prevented MetaComp from offering true, round-the-clock settlement to their partners in EMEA and the Americas regardless of the speed of their blockchain rails.
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The solution: A new rail for their payments ecosystem

MetaComp chose SGB to serve as a core banking rail that could match the speed of their platform. The decision was driven by three key factors:

• Institutional alignment: As a regulated entity, MetaComp required a partner that understood the compliance and security needs of institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure.
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• SGB Net: With a growing number of MetaComp’s counterparties and clients already banking with SGB, SGB Net transfers offered a path to true instant settlement. Further to this, through SGB’s correspondent banking relationships, and 24/7 transfer window, even counterparties outside of SGB saw improved payout timeliness and service reliability. 
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• Scalability: SGB’s expanding currency support is directly aligned with MetaComp’s goal to scale new corridors for their solutions and offerings.
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Impact: Moving at the speed of digital assets

Since integrating SGB into its operational flow, MetaComp has successfully bridged the gap between digital asset speed and TradFi reliability:

• Extended operating windows: MetaComp now executes USD transfers late into the evening, far beyond traditional bank cut-off times. This ensures that "same-day settlement" is a reality for clients, and not just a goal.
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• 80% cost reduction: By leveraging SGB and SGB Net, MetaComp has seen transaction costs drop by up to 80%.
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• No-fee transfers: Transfers between MetaComp and other SGB-banking counterparties are instant and free, enabling frictionless just-in-time liquidity.
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What’s next: Defining the future of finance

MetaComp expects the biggest gains to come from network density: as more counterparties bank on the same rails, more settlements shift from manual process to automated and expedited opportunities.

For teams building digital asset era infrastructure, that shift matters. When settlement becomes predictable, product teams can design better experiences, ops teams can simplify playbooks, and finance teams can run tighter liquidity models. Stablecoins may move 24/7, but the surrounding banking rails still determine whether customers feel that speed in the moments that matter. 

If you are building cross-border flows that cannot wait for cut-offs, SGB Net is designed to help simplify settlement, especially when your clients and counterparties are on the same network. 
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Contact us to learn more.

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