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In that case every bank, insurance company, etc in the world is ”fintech” and the term is meaningless
by gaius 8y ago
In that case every bank, insurance company, etc in the world is ”fintech” and the term is meaningless
- 3rdAccount 8y agoTrue to a degree, but most would say there is a difference between standard bank "x" and a company that has billions in trades going through it. A fine lined distinction though. Most banks don't have lots of people writing complex algorithms for their day to day job.
- HelloNurse 8y agoMost banks don't have complex algorithms (the sort that some would consider OCaml or Haskell a good fit for) in general, they only have complex software because they have complex business and regulatory requirements, complex and incoherent existing systems to work with, cost constraints and organizational issues.
- 3rdAccount 8y agoI'd agree with that. I don't work in banking, but definitely understand how various regulations can complicate things.