UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 30, 2020

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FINTECH ACQUISITION CORP. V

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (215) 701-9555

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation to the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company      ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     ☐

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 30, 2020, Lesley Goldwasser was appointed to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”). Ms. Goldwasser was determined by the Board to be independent under the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Ms. Goldwasser, age 59, has been a Managing Partner of GreensLedge Capital Markets LLC (“GreensLedge”) since September 2013. Prior to joining GreensLedge, she was associated with Credit Suisse Group AG (“Credit Suisse”) as a Managing Director from September 2010 to November 2013, where she had global responsibility for the Hedge Fund Strategic Services unit. Before Credit Suisse, Ms. Goldwasser spent 12 years at Bear Stearns where she was co-head of Global Debt and Equity Capital Markets units and had global responsibility for structured products. Prior to her tenure at Bear Stearns, Ms. Goldwasser spent 12 years at Credit Suisse in a variety of management positions, including responsibility for both the Asset Backed and Non-Agency Mortgage Trading Desks.  Ms. Goldwasser has been a member of the board of directors of TipTree Inc. (Nasdaq: TIPT), a financial services company, since January 2015.

There are no family relationships between Ms. Goldwasser and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. There are no related party transactions involving Ms. Eisenhart that are reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Like other non-employee directors of the Company, Ms. Goldwasser has been allocated 25,000 Class B common shares of the Company by FinTech Masala Advisors V, LLC.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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