BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen; the overall objective of this Conference is to promote the development of smallholder and agri-business inclusive finance. To this effect, the Conference brings together: 1. Financial institutions to learn about innovative financial tools and products;  2. Farmers organisations that will help solve their members’ financial challenges;  3.
This afternoon I will focus on actions being taken by the Federal Reserve System to address our internal systems, coordination with the industry, and contingency planning. Background The Federal Reserve operates several payments applications that process and settle payments and securities transactions between depository institutions in the United States.