Gobbling up your bills one at a time: how startup Gobbill is automating bill payment through AI

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 a partnership with digital currency exchange and wallet company Cointree.

Alan Tsen, GM of Stone & Chalk Melbourne, says, “We are proud to facilitate the success of our startups, and seeing Gobbill’s continual growth cements the exciting opportunities we enable at Stone & Chalk.”

The global alliance will offer customers the option to pay their bills with a wide range of digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and more.

“Digital currencies are becoming mainstream, and our view at Gobbill is to support customer choice and convenience… The partnership will cater to this market and ensure Gobbill continues to remain ahead of the curve when it comes to allowing our users to pay their bills automatically, while knowing they’re protected from fraud and scams,” announced Shendon.

You would be hard pressed to find a more appropriate name for Gobbill, but Shendon assures us that the pun came about organically. “My co-founder Quentin Marsh came up with the name. Not only is it the sound a male turkey makes, it’s an action that you can assign to the startup, to process your bill.”