Zilch, Clearscore Among Five UK Scale-Ups to Get Dedicated FCA Support

Zilch, Clearscore among five UK scale-ups to get dedicated FCA support

The UK’s financial watchdog is to offer extra regulatory support to five British scale-ups as it seeks to ease the burden on fast-growing firms. Zilch, Clearscore, Modulr, Teya and Urban Jungle have become the first companies regulated solely by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to join its Scale-up Unit, which gives each firm a dedicated FCA contact to help with questions as it grows. This includes support when launching new products, or ma…

Five Firms Join FCA’s Scale-up Unit

Five fast-growing firms have joined the FCA’s Scale-up Unit, receiving tailored support to help them innovate, navigate regulation and grow sustainably. ClearScore, Modulr, Teya, Urban Jungle and Zilch, spanning payments, consumer finance, credit information and insurtech, are the first firms regulated solely by the FCA to take part. The Scale-up Unit gives firms tailored regulatory support as they develop new products, respond to policy changes…

FCA highlights good and poor practice of high-growth firms

On 10 August 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a new webpage setting out its review of good practice and areas for improvement identified through its Early and High Growth Oversight pilot with high-growth firms.BackgroundBetween July 2025 and March 2026, the FCA engaged with 15 firms across asset management, wealth management and payments as part of a high-growth pilot. The regulator assessed whether their governance, risk ma…

Modulr joins FCA scale-up unit for solo-regulated firms

Direct access to the UK watchdog will help the payments firm tackle scaling issues as it handles more than GBP £180 billion a year.

Move fast sure, but don't break things: FCA

Growth without governance by investment firms poses heightened risk to investors, says the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in a report detailing the results of a review of fast-growing firms. On Monday, the regulator published the results of a review of 15 firms in the asset and wealth management sector that participated in a pilot program to support high-growth firms between July 2025 and March 2026. The review found that firms that gr…

FCA scale-up unit adds five FinTech firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s financial services regulator, has taken on five fast-growing companies into its Scale-up Unit, giving them tailored guidance as they expand, innovate and adjust to regulatory change. ClearScore, Modulr, Teya, Urban Jungle and Zilch, which operate across payments, consumer finance, credit information and InsurTech, are the first companies regulated exclusively by the FCA to be accepted onto the prog…