http://australianfintech.com.au/ Connecting Australian FinTech Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:57:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://australianfintech.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/06/logo-words-orange-background-small-50x50.png http://australianfintech.com.au/ 32 32 https://australianfintech.com.au/gobbill-and-airpay-fintech-deploys-new-unionpay-virtual-card-to-facilitate-easier-payments-in-australia-china/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:25:18 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=186778 Gobbill and AirPay FinTech partner to launch a new UnionPay International digital and physical card with a stored value in Australian dollars.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/nab-x-gobbill-payment-automation-just-got-better/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:42:14 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=186061 Gobbill have announced that they have teamed up with National Australia Bank to process payments for Gobbill’s clients.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/google-supporting-gobbills-next-phase-of-ai-research-and-development/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 23:53:19 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=183806 Gobbill have announced that Google is their new strategic growth partner and supporting them with Google’s Cloud Program.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/aussie-payments-firm-gobbill-seeks-2m-in-scotland-to-roll-out-across-uk/ Fri, 16 Oct 2020 04:18:19 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=146241 Australian fintech company Gobbill hopes to raise £2 million to fund a UK roll-out after pitching to more than 200 investors in Scotland.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/covid-19-creates-threats-and-opportunities-for-fintechs/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 06:54:25 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=119799 The global Covid-19 pandemic will also produce opportunities for fintechs given we’re relying on technology now more than ever.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/airpay-fintech-and-gobbill-embeds-alipay-and-wechat-payments-for-over-1-million-users/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:52:44 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=112028 Gobbill and AirPay have embedded Alipay and WeChat payments to allow users to pay Australian bills with China’s favourite payment methods.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/thank-you-merry-christmas-2-2/ Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:59:00 +0000 https://australianfintech.internationalfintech.com/thank-you-merry-christmas-3/ From the team at Australian FinTech, we’d like to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us over the past 12 months.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/bills-paid-cryptocurrency-biller-doesnt-accept/ Wed, 29 May 2019 21:36:59 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=23439 Thanks to Gobbill and Cointree, Australians who own cryptocurrency can use it to pay household bills even if the biller doesn't accept digital money.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/australian-fintech-company-profile-4-gobbill/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:39:34 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=21447 1. Company Name: Gobbill 2. Website: www.Gobbill.com 3. Key Staff: Shendon Ewans (CEO & Co-founder), Quentin Marsh (CTO & Co-founder) 4. Location(s): Melbourne based, Australian company. 5. In one sentence, what does your fintech do?: Automate bill payments by extracting invoice details, checking for fraud and paying using card or bank accounts.  6. How / why did you start your fintech company?: The co-founders were in a pub talking about the idea after missing some bills. We wanted to make our life admin easier, then Gobbill was used by our families and friends. It grew from there. 7. What the best thing your company has achieved or learnt along the way (this can […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/frank-labs-senior-advisor-jasmine-koh-interviews-gobbill-ceo-shendon-ewans-about-the-federal-budget-impact-on-small-businesses-and-startups/ Sun, 07 Apr 2019 21:11:29 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=21316 Key points: Bill payment automation company Gobbill is seeing more small businesses doing it tougher drawing on reserves to meet their payables. The 2019 Federal Budget may be good for some small businesses but certainly lacks investment in innovation. The increased instant asset tax write-off may help bricks and mortar type businesses but is unlikely to help high-tech innovative companies using scalable cloud processing and other subscription-based services. There should have been more support and a broader view of R&D as new fields and methods of engineering and scientific development have emerged and do not necessarily fit the traditional R&D models. A different lens should be applied to larger corporations […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/gobbill-aat-sign-collaboration-agreement-provide-automation-fraud-checking-technology-bookkeepers-clients/ Wed, 19 Dec 2018 03:40:45 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=19442 Bill payment automation company Gobbill today announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Australia. Gobbill and the AAT will work together to help support bookkeepers and accounting technicians with cutting edge technology. “The spike in online fraud combined with the convenience of new automation technologies are the two key factors why many people need Gobbill,” said Shendon Ewans, CEO and co-founder of Gobbill. “Our collaboration with the AAT spans many initiatives but crucially bring awareness to the Australian industry of what is occurring and how they can address some of the issues.” According to ACCC’s ScamWatch, false billing alone has increased by […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/gobbling-bills-startup-gobbill-automating-bill-payment-ai/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 02:00:18 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=18271 So, here’s an idea: imagine a digital financial assistant powered by artificial intelligence that digitises your bills and schedule payments, all whilst checking for fraud. Pretty cool, right? That’s what Gobbill, a fintech startup that automates bill payments for small businesses and households does. But that’s not all. Shendon Ewans, CEO and Co-Founder of Gobbill, says, “You can link any Australian bank account, and it will debit that account, so you don’t have to tell every biller your bank account details. Essentially, the product allows you to centralise your direct debits in one place.” In addition, the ability to pay your bills in cryptocurrency will be coming soon thanks to […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/australians-embracing-fintech-move-traditional-payment-solutions-research/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 22:07:29 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=17891 Australian appetite for fintech services is on the up, with non-bank contactless or card-less mobile payment solutions now being used more than bank-owned payment solutions, according to recent research from market research company Roy Morgan. The Roy Morgan Digital Payment Solutions Currency Report, which is based on more than 50,000 consumer interviews, suggests fintechs, including startups, are taking market share from incumbents, albeit slowly. While 6.4% of people interviewed said they had used bank-owned digital payment solutions within the past 12 months, 6.5% had used non-bank solutions such as Apple Pay or Google Wallet. Further, 6% said they had used pay-later startup Afterpay within the past year. Some 94% of Australians said […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/cointree-gobbill-partner-aussies-pay-bills-cryptocurrency/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 02:22:23 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=17086 Major telcos, utility providers and insurers may not have jumped on the cryptocurrency bandwagon, but thanks to two local fintech startups that no longer matters, with cryptocurrency owners now able to pay any bill in crypto. Cryptocurrency exchange Cointree and automated billing platform Gobbill will let Australians pay bills with cryptocurrency, regardless of whether the business itself accepts the digital currency. Gobbill acts as a go-between, taking the funds from its users and paying the bills on their behalf. Gobbill co-founder Shendon Ewans admits that he was late to the cryptocurrency party, only beginning to dabble in it early last year, but said that’s what made a partnership with Cointree […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/stone-chalk-unites-melbourne-sydney-launch-255-million-mega-hub-2/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 09:02:40 +0000 https://australianfintech.internationalfintech.com/stone-chalk-unites-melbourne-sydney-launch-255-million-mega-hub-2/ Asia’s largest fintech innovation hub, Stone & Chalk, is uniting fintech across the eastern seaboard with the launch of a new national capability across its new home at the Goods Shed North in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD innovation precinct, and its residency in the Sydney Startup Hub. With Melbourne and Sydney combined representing over 80 per cent of all fintech activity across Australia, the new east-coast “mega-hub” will give start-ups, scale-ups, corporates, and investors nationwide opportunities for collaboration and resource-sharing. Given this Melbourne/Sydney fintech concentration, and with Stone & Chalk already the largest hub in the region, the new mega-hub is set to become a national asset that could […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/gobbill-inks-deal-isignthis-card-processing-ekyc/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:33:28 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=15933 Australian Securities Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange cross listed iSignthis Ltd (ASX:ISX/FRA:TA8), the world leading RegTech for identity verification and payment services, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with an artificial intelligence (AI) fintech bill payment automation startup called Gobbill™. iSignthis is supporting innovative companies like Gobbill by providing global identity verification and payment solutions. The partnership with iSignthis supports Gobbill’s international expansion plans utilising their identity verification services and transactional banking facilities to clear payments. “Partnering with iSignthis is a strategic and important milestone for Gobbill. It enables our customers to pay any bill for billers that do not accept card payments or various card […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/finder-awards-2017-innovation-finalists-announced/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:57:41 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=12357 Entrepreneurs, start-ups and leading businesses are among this year’s finder Awards finalists. Finalists have been named across seven innovation categories following an extensive judging process in a range of industries from finance to technology, retail and travel. Fred Schebesta, co-founder and director of finder.com.au, says the annual awards have uncovered a diverse range products and brands which challenge the status quo – all with innovation at their heart. “From new smartphone apps to bite-sized property investing, these outside of the box ideas have the potential to change lives,” he says. “We were blown away by the calibre and number of entries this year; all of the finalists are finding solutions […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/company/gobbill/ Sun, 11 Jun 2017 03:04:34 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/company/gobbill/ Receive, pay and analyse your invoices with complete control using automation that integrates with your accounting software.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/ato-recognises-fintech-start-gobbill-early-stage-innovation-company/ Mon, 15 May 2017 23:22:45 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=10160 The Australian Taxation Office has ruled that technology start-up company Gobbill satisfies the requirements to be an Early Stage Innovation Company (ESIC). Gobbill is a new digital service to automate and centralise all bill payments, giving users a streamlined solution offering greater security and increased control of their finances. The start-up is sponsored by Microsoft’s BizSpark program and is also a partner of Stay Safe Online, a Commonwealth initiative to protect Australians from cyber related crimes. New users can sign up for a free account at gobbill.com.au The ATO ruling states, “Gobbill’s email bill innovation is the first holistic product that provides end-to-end processing using a digital service platform that […]]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/you-can-email-your-bills-to-this-fintech-and-it-will-pay-them/ Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:46:17 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=9994 A Melbourne fintech startup has commercially launched its new service today, where customers can send their utility bills for the system to automatically make the payments after intelligently sorting out scammers. Gobbill, founded in 2015 by Shendon Ewans and Quentin Marsh, has developed the service after receiving financial support from Microsoft’s BizSpark startup programme and partnering with the federal government’s Stay Smart Online campaign. “We decided to create Gobbill because we were finding it increasingly time-consuming to manage bill payments. We decided there had to be a better way to manage bills and still be in control of our payments,” said Ewans. After registration, the user just needs to email […]]]>