Pasadena-based Petcare Financier Scratchpay Now Offers Lending for Human Health and Wellness

Scratchpay, a Pasadena provider of petcare financing plans, is now offering lending services for people, too.

A media report said Scratchpay’s expansion into human health and wellness has always been on the company’s roadmap, quoting John Keatley, the company’s co-founder and CEO.

The new financing plans cover human dental, optical and chiropractic care services, according to TechCrunch.

Those plans have been accelerated from the time the company saw the COVID-19 pandemic heading for the United States, a company statement said.

Scratchpay said it now has 1,000 human health and wellness practitioners on their financing network. The company makes use of a buy-now-pay-later product called Take 5 at the vet or dentist so customers could apply for their short-term financing and simple payment plans.

Take 5 was introduced in January as a new no-interest payment option so more petcare providers – and now doctors for human patients – can get approved and patients get the care they deserve. For dentists, vets, optometrists and other service providers, Take 5 provides a way to upsell patients on additional services, the company said.

Scratchpay said it has so far made around 100,000 loans through its traditional lending services.

To learn more about Scratchpay, visit www.scratchpay.info.