IPSs allow payments to be made 24 hours per day, seven days per week. In contrast, FX markets, where financial institutions buy and sell currencies from each other, are only open during business hours from Monday-Friday. Because of the global nature of FX markets, it is usually possible to trade major currencies for 24 hours a day from Monday to Friday, but not over the weekend. This means that there is no “live” market FX rate on Saturday and Sunday.