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Sunbit Bet That the Best Place to Approve a Loan Is the Dentist's Chair
The Los Angeles fintech approves about nine of ten shoppers for the purchases nobody plans for - car repairs, root canals, new glasses, the dog's surgery - and charges no fees of any kind. Here is how a rejected loan application became a billion-dollar company.
PatientFi
PatientFi is a healthcare fintech that lets patients pay for elective medical treatments over time through simple monthly payment plans. Its point-of-sale platform partners with medical practices - across plastic surgery, dermatology, dentistry, ophthalmology, fertility and medical spas - to offer instant, soft-credit-check financing so patients can afford care without upfront strain, while practices grow revenue. Headquartered in Irvine, California, the company markets itself as 'The Friendly Way to Pay.'