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Re:Fintech in Chains by war1025 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:41AM (#24489596)
Off topic, but for the longest time I thought "Fintech" referred to tech companies based in Finland or Scandinavia more broadly.

Those have a word, don't they?

Re:Fintech in Chains by twic on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:41AM (#24493720)
As an aside, Finland is not in Scandinavia, as it is usually defined:

https://satwcomic.com/how-the-north-works

https://soulofsweden-blog.tumblr.com/post/47742341547

Roughly, Scandinavian refers to mainland Europeans who speak a language derived from Norse. Scandinavians are the majority in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, so those are Scandinavian countries, and a minority in Finland, so that is not. Tove Jansson, Linus Torvalds, and Michael Widenius are all Finnish Scandinavians, apparently.

Nordtech sounds right, though. I imagine that various places have already been dubbed Silicon Fjord, Silicon Sauna, etc.

Re:Fintech in Chains by menybuvico on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:19AM (#24489782)
"Finntech"
Re:Fintech in Chains by jbay808 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:14AM (#24489752)
Nord-tech?