FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   FIRST DATA CORP 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/26/2017 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CardConnect Corp. [CCN] (Last) (First) (Middle) 225 LIBERTY STREET, 29TH FLOOR 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10281 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common stock (1) (2) 0 I See Footnotes (1) (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FIRST DATA CORP 225 LIBERTY STREET, 29TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10281	Â	  X	Â	Â
Minglewood Merger Sub Inc. 225 LIBERTY STREET, 29TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10281	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Stanley J. Andersen, First Data Corporation		06/05/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Stanley J. Andersen, Minglewood Merger Sub Inc.		06/05/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have become a 10% Owner of CardConnect Corp. (the "Issuer") in connection with the entry into two Tender and Support Agreements dated as of May 26, 2017 (the "Tender Agreements"), by and among the Reporting Persons and each of (a) FTVentures III, L.P., FTVentures III-N, L.P., FTVentures III-T, L.P. and (b) Michael J. Mertz (each, a "Stockholder"), representing an aggregate of 12,587,335 shares of the Issuer's common stock beneficially owned by the Stockholders. The Tender Agreements were entered into in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 26, 2017, by and among the Reporting Persons and the Issuer.
(2)	The Reporting Persons exercise voting power in limited situations over such shares of the Issuer's common stock through the grant of an irrevocable proxy by each of the Stockholders pursuant to the Tender Agreements. The Reporting Persons have no pecuniary interest in any of such shares of the Issuer's common stock.

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