Why can’t banks make transfers and payments on the weekend when everything is digital and automated?

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At least where I live, if I make a transfer between my accounts (with different banks) too late on a Friday, the money won’t be available until Monday. But there are no humans involved in this process – it seems to me that could be instantaneous as far as the technology is concerned. What am I missing?

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I live in Japan, and every account transfer and debit shows up in my account instantaneously. Credit takes a few days I’d assume because of temporary transactions.

It shocked me when I started using my US bank account again and everything took a few days to show up.

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