Crypto
Finance
Tech
Ohio State
FinTech Startups
100

This most famous crypto was invented in early 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto

Bitcoin

100

Name a Top 5 American bank

In order of assets:

JPMC/BoFa/Citigroup/Wells Fargo/Goldman Sachs

In order of investment banks:

JPMC/Goldman Sachs/BoFa/Morgan Stanley/Citigroup

100

This company created the iPhone and helped kickstart mobile app-based fintech adoption

Apple


100

What nut is the OSU mascot?

Buckeye

100

This city is the biggest hub for fintech startups and is known as the venture capital capital of the world

San Francisco (Silicon Valley)

200

A government agency to increase government efficiency was named after this cryptocurrency which was inspired by a Shiba Inu

Doge/Dogecoin

200

This plastic card lets you borrow money from the bank when you pay for something

Credit card

200

This technology allows for short-range wireless communication of mobile phones and electronic devices

Bluetooth

200

What is the name of the OSU College of Business

Fisher
200

Co-founded by Elon Musk in the early 2000s, this digital payments company now owned by eBay helped pioneer online transactions and remains a global leader today

PayPal

300

Instead of traditional banks, crypto transactions are recorded on this kind of digital ledger that everyone can view

Blockchain

300

The three main stock indexes in the U.S. are the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and what?

Nasdaq

300

This object-oriented programming language is symbolized by coffee and is likely to appear in FinTech interviews

Java

300

This 260-foot building was home to famous alumni, including a Heisman Trophy winner, a serial killer, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, during their time at OSU

Morrill Tower

300

The founder of this consumer transaction app named Bryan Johnson wants to live forever

Bryan Johnson

400

This cryptocurrency has ticker ETH

Ethereum

400

The U.S. central bank responsible for setting monetary policy

Federal Reserve

400

Which Big Tech company created Visual Studio Code and acquired LinkedIn in 2016

Microsoft

400

Woody is the nickname for a famous OSU football coach with this last name which is also shared by the oldest building on campus

Hayes

400

What is Robinhood's famous mission statement

a. "Finance for All"

b. "Democratizing Finance for Everyone"

c. "Freedom to Invest"

d. "Money From the Rich To the Poor"

b. "Democratizing Finance for Everyone"

500
What does NFT stand for?

Non-fungible token

500

The three main valuation methods in investment banking are comparable companies, precedent transactions, and this method

DCF

500

What do you call automated algorithms that manage investments?

Robo Advisors

500

What date did OSU win their first national title (±60 days)

11/28/1942

09/29/1942 - 01/28/1943


500

This is how many FinTech startups exist in the whole world (±2000)

29,955

29,755-30,155