Last Word

A Conversation With Sam Sidhu

These are busy times for Sam Sidhu, who in January will take over from his father, Jay, as CEO of $22.6 billion Customers Bancorp. West Reading, Pennsylvania-based Customers has grown quickly since Jay Sidhu took the reins in 2009. As CEO of the banking subsidiary since 2021, Sam Sidhu has been fine-tuning a team-oriented culture while moving aggressively into the digital assets space, launching a proprietary payments platform, cubiX, in 2024. Bank Director talked with Sam Sidhu about the company’s strategy, the future of crypto and what it’s like working with Dad. The below has been edited for space and…

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John Engen

Contributing Writer

John Engen is a contributing writer for Bank Director. He has more than 30 years of experience as a business journalist, writing for a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press. He graduated with a degree in economics and international relations from the University of Minnesota and did his post-graduate work in Asian studies at the University of Hawai’i.