“Can a near-universal-approval patient financing platform become the default embedded lending layer for dental and healthcare providers?”
Healthcare Finance Direct (HFD) launched in 2009 as a patient financing platform targeting dental, orthodontic, veterinary, audiology, vision, and cosmetics providers. The company differentiates on near-universal approval rates (99%+), positioning financing as a care enabler rather than a credit filter. HFD has scaled through vertical healthcare partnerships—most notably becoming the Preferred Financing Partner of Invisalign—and is backed by private equity following an acquisition/merger event.
HFD discloses Hatch Bank as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
HFD does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Hatch Bank.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in HFD's stack: Banking / BaaS (Hatch Bank); Lending (Patient financing (pay-over-time), Dental financing, Orthodontic financing, Veterinary financing and 4 others); Sponsor bank (Hatch Bank).
HFD is founded in 2009 and headquartered in Bakersfield, CA 93301, USA.
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