The PostFinance e-billing service is continuously being developed and improved, which is why various modifications, including technical ones, are planned. As your reliable e-bill provider, we will notify you early on about these changes and keep you updated.
The information here is solely for software partners, service providers and customers with a direct interface to PostFinance. We support our customers with the following:
eBill is the e-billing service for e-banking customers in the Swiss financial center and is operated by SIX.
What is changing? |
Why? |
Who is affected? |
Technical impact on customers |
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Return of archive files is being discontinued. At present, archive data can no longer be delivered for e-bills to eBill or e-bills that are delivered as a hybrid bill (PDF with integrated user data, ZUGFeRD). The delivery of archive data will be completely discontinued by 2021 at the latest. |
Discontinuation of regulations as of 1 January 2018. There is no longer a requirement to retain the signed electronic invoice for e-billing. The invoice issuer can archive their invoice data in the same way as invoice data sent on other channels. |
Invoice issuers who still download archive data from e-bills |
Generally speaking, we advise invoice issuers against downloading the signed archive file from now on. |
Delivering e-bills with QR-IBAN numbers As of 1 July 2020, it will also be possible to deliver e-bills with QR-IBAN numbers instead of ISR information. |
QR bills are set to be introduced in the Swiss financial center on 1 July 2020. |
Invoice issuers who are switching to QR bill and who also want to use QR bills for e-bills |
Image in yellowbill invoice 2.0 format Image in yellowbill invoice 1.2.7 format Important for invoice issuers B2B bill delivery |
Starting mid-July 2020, it will also be possible to deliver e-bills with QR-IBAN numbers instead of ISR information. You will find more detailed information about this in the following factsheet.
We have offered improved B2B services since 2016. These are based on new technology and provide numerous benefits in relation to previous B2B web services. Given that needs are changing and security requirements are becoming stricter, the old B2B web services no longer meet the current security standard. This is why we recommend that all software companies still using the old B2B web services should migrate to the new B2B services with the next release. You can find more information in the e-bill manual.
PostFinance is planning to offer its business customers new services from the end of 2020. The new services planned are:
 | Name and brand of the Swiss financial center’s new infrastructure for e-bills sent to e-banking customers. eBill also refers to the new portal where e-banking customers will process their e-bills in future. eBill is the successor to e-bill. The e-bill function in e-finance will therefore also be renamed eBill in future. Find out more at The link will open in a new window ebill.ch |
B2B bill | E-bills sent to business customers who import e-bills directly into their ERP system and process them there. |
eBill
infrastructure | Technical system used by SIX to operate eBill. |
OElDI | Ordinance of the FDF on Electronic Data and Information. Repealed as at 1 January 2018. |
Network partner (NWP) | eBill partner that delivers e-bills for its customers to eBill based on the role model. |
Service provider | A provider that delivers e-bills to PostFinance for its customers (biller service provider), or that receives e-bills from PostFinance for its customers (customer service provider). |
SIX | The company that implements and operates eBill on behalf of Swiss banks. |
ZUGFeRD | A delivery method for e-bills. This stands for “Central User Guide of the Forum for Electronic Invoicing in Germany”. |
You can find more information on this subject on the page E-bill for invoice issuers.
If you have any questions, please contact your advisor. As a software partner, you can simply send an e-mail to PostFinance Software Info.
