UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 21, 2024

FINTECH ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-40914		86-2438985
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 Springhouse Drive, Suite 204, Collegeville, PA		19426
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(610) 226-8101

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, one right and one-half of one redeemable warrant	FEXDU	The Nasdaq Capital Market
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	FEXD	The Nasdaq Capital Market
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	FEXDW	The Nasdaq Capital Market
Rights included as part of the units	FEXDR	The Nasdaq Capital Market

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 8 3.01. ~~Other~~Notice ~~Events~~of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On July 2119, 2024, ~~$49,319~~Fintech Ecosystem Development Corp.42, a Delaware corporation (the “~~Extension Payment~~Company”), ~~was~~received ~~deposited~~a ~~into~~written notice (the ~~trust~~“Notice”) from ~~account~~the Staff of ~~Fintech~~the ~~Ecosystem~~Listing ~~Development Corp.,~~Qualifications aDepartment ~~Delaware~~(the ~~corporation~~“Staff”) (of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“~~Company~~Nasdaq”), notifying ~~which~~the ~~enables~~Company that, for the ~~Company~~last to30 ~~extend~~consecutive business days, the ~~period~~Company’s ofMarket ~~time~~Value itof ~~has~~Listed toSecurities ~~consummate~~(“MVLS”) ~~its~~was ~~initial~~below ~~business~~the ~~combination~~minimum byof ~~one~~$35 ~~month~~million ~~from~~required ~~July~~for ~~21,~~continued ~~2024,~~listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to ~~August~~Nasdaq ~~21,~~Listing ~~2024~~Rule 5550(b)(2) (the “~~Extension~~Market Value Standard”). The ~~Extension~~Staff isalso ~~permitted under~~noted that the Company does not meet the requirements under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (Equity Standard: maintaining stockholders’s ~~governing~~equity ~~documents~~of at least $2.5 million) and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(3) (Net Income Standard: maintaining net income from continuing operations of at least $500,000 in the most recently completed fiscal year or in two of the three most recently completed fiscal years).

~~Item~~The 9Notice provided that, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C) (the “Compliance Period Rule”), the Company has a period of 180 calendar days from the date of the Notice, or until January 15, 2025 (the “Compliance Date”), to regain compliance with the Market Value Standard.01 ~~Financial~~During ~~Statements~~this ~~and~~period, ~~Exhibits~~the Company’s securities will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market. To regain compliance with the Market Value Standard, the Company’s MVLS must close at $35 million or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during prior to the Compliance Date.

If the Company does not regain compliance with the Market Value Standard by the Compliance Date, the Staff will provide a written notification to the Company that its securities are subject to delisting. At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff’s delisting determination to a Hearings Panel (dthe “Panel”). ~~Exhibits:~~The Company intends to monitor its MVLS between now and the Compliance Date, and may, if appropriate, evaluate available options to resolve the deficiency under the Market Value Standard and regain compliance with the Market Value Standard.

Exhibit No.		Description
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

The Company believes that it will be able to demonstrate that its securities comply with the Market Value Standard prior to the Compliance Date. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain or maintain compliance.

1Forward Looking Statements

~~SIGNATURE~~This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “seeks,” or other similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results, including those under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 20, 2023. Most of these factors are outside the Company’s control and are difficult to predict. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

~~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.~~1

	FinTech ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT Corp.
Date: July 23, 2024	By:	/s/ Saiful Khandaker
	Name:	Saiful Khandaker
	Title:	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

SIGNATURE

2Pursuant 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.

	FinTech ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT Corp.

	By:	/s/ Saiful Khandaker
	Name:	Saiful Khandaker
	Title:	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Date: July 25, 2024

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