Ask HN: I'm a programmer with fintech experience. What business can I start?

[skipthemeat]

I've spent my career at major banks doing things like pricing and low-latency trading. I'd like to now start a software business but I'm having a hard time with ideas. The ideas I tend to come up with...I have no domain knowledge in.

So now I'm wondering how to leverage my fintech experience to build something that can give me independence from a job. Payments? Financial analysis tools?

[cdnsteve]

What problems did you see in your domain that you wished there was a solution for? Look within your domain for inspiration as a good starting point that you would think others would have the same problem and would want to use a service or product to help them.

[dvtrn]

If you can put together a good AML (Anti-Money Laundering) tool, especially one that will automate all of the required paperwork for Federal filing compliance, you'll never go broke again.

[rajacombinator]

If you can’t think of something, you’re really not cut out for it.