Epic River acquired by Teslar Software

Teslar Software acquired the patient lending division of Epic River from Kinective on 10 November 2026, in a carve-out leaving the remainder of Epic River with the seller. Customers of the acquired business continue to use their existing integrations through a partnership maintained between the two companies. Epic River’s patient lending division operates a platform through which healthcare providers offer their patients instalment payment plans for medical bills, funded by a local bank or credit union rather than by the provider itself. The provider receives payment immediately, the lender holds the receivable and collects from the patient over the agreed term. Each party gains something from that arrangement. The hospital or clinic converts an uncertain receivable into cash and ceases to pursue payment itself, the patient obtains terms at a rate below what a credit card would charge, and the bank acquires a loan originated in its own community without the cost of attracting the borrower. Medical debt has become a substantial category of American household borrowing, much of it carried on credit cards or left unpaid, which has drawn both lenders and regulators to the manner in which it is financed. Kinective had acquired Epic River in 2025 for its document workflow technology, and the patient lending activity sat apart from that purpose, while Teslar already supplies the lending systems of community banks and had entered a partnership with Kinective in September 2026 under which its electronic signature technology became the preferred option within Teslar’s loan origination system.