Sending invoices digitally with B2B e-bill and eBill

Send invoices electronically

Digitize your invoicing with Billing Solutions. In future, your business customers will receive invoices as B2B e-bills directly in their software (ERP), and private customers will receive theirs as eBills in their e-banking. How does it work? You provide your invoice data – the rest is automated via a single interface.

Digital invoicing: automated and sustainable

    • Send electronic invoices to both private customers and business customers 
    • Automatic and electronic processing for small and large invoice volumes
  • Higher delivery rate and quicker payment receipt

    • No printing and shipping costs
    • Better data quality of incoming payment information
    • Unchanged credit processes
    • Various invoicing methods ranging from manual upload of PDF invoices to fully integrated software solutions

B2B e-bill – the perfect solution for sending invoices to business customers

Make things easy for everyone: use B2B e-bill to send electronic invoices directly to your business customers’ software, and benefit from PostFinance’s extensive network plus our over 20 years of experience as a billing solutions provider.

eBill – the perfect solution for sending invoices to private customers

Send your invoices to where they are paid: to the e-banking accounts of your customers. Over 3 million people in Switzerland already use eBill and receive their invoices digitally.

  • Send your B2B e-bills directly to your business customers’ software (ERP) as digital invoices or to your private customers’ e-banking as eBills.

    How does it work? You send us your invoice data directly from your software or via our eInvoicing portal. We prepare the data following a structured format and send the invoice to the recipient as a B2B e-bill or eBill. The best way to submit your data depends on whether you already use software with an interface to PostFinance.

    The graphic shows how electronic invoices can be sent via PostFinance either as eBills to private customers, as B2B e-bills to business customers or as Paper Bills to both private and business customers.

    Option A: You work with software that has an interface to PostFinance

    In this case, you can create the invoices as usual in your software (ERP) and send us your invoice data as a file directly from your system. PostFinance prepares the data and automatically forwards it to the recipient in electronic form – either as a B2B e-bill or eBill.

    Software companies with a standardized interface 

    Option B: Your software does not have an interface to PostFinance, or you are not using any software

    In our eInvoicing portal, you can upload your PDF invoices individually and have them sent electronically as B2B e-bills or eBills. Alternatively, you can enter the invoices manually. This is ideal if you send only a small number of digital invoices.

    If you would like an interface to PostFinance, please contact your software provider. PostFinance will be happy to support them in developing an interface to PostFinance.

    Are you already working with the eInvoicing portal?

    Would you like to register to send B2B e-bills and eBills via the eInvoicing portal? 

  • The price level depends on the number of e-bills sent/received per customer and per month.

    Number of digital invoices per month
    Delivery to eBill per invoiceB2B delivery per invoiceB2B receipt per invoice
    Number of digital invoices per month
    Up to 1,000
    Delivery to eBill per invoice
    CHF 0.40
    B2B delivery per invoice
    CHF 0.50
    B2B receipt per invoice
    CHF 0.50
    Number of digital invoices per month
    Up to 5,000
    Delivery to eBill per invoice
    CHF 0.35
    B2B delivery per invoice
    CHF 0.45
    B2B receipt per invoice
    CHF 0.45
    Number of digital invoices per month
    Up to 10,000
    Delivery to eBill per invoice
    CHF 0.30
    B2B delivery per invoice
    CHF 0.40
    B2B receipt per invoice
    CHF 0.40
    Number of digital invoices per month
    From 10,000
    Delivery to eBill per invoice
    On request
    B2B delivery per invoice
    On request
    B2B receipt per invoice
    On request

    Transactions amounting to CHF 8 are included free of charge each month in the price level of up to 1,000 invoices.

    Value-added servicesPrice
    Value-added services
    Surcharge for sending to or receiving from third-party system subject to a surcharge (Interconnect)
    Price
    CHF 0.10 per invoice

    All prices are net of VAT.

  • B2B e-bill

    Directory of electronic invoice business customers

    eDirectory.ch supports you in identifying business partners domiciled in Switzerland who wish to send and/or receive B2B e-bills. This will help you to boost the exchange of electronic invoices with your business partners.

    Best practice for B2B e-bill

    In addition to searching eDirectory, you have other options for attracting your corporate customers to B2B e-bill. We have compiled the main tips in our best practice guide.

    eBill

    Best practice for eBill

    The more customers receive their invoices via eBill, the better it is for everyone. But as an invoice issuer, how can you attract more eBill users? In our best practice documents, we’ve set out a highly promising range of measures for you.

  • Software partners

    Our software partners are vital to the digital invoicing process. Find out here whether your software is also connected to PostFinance’s interface.

    Service providers

    As an invoice issuer, you can deliver invoice data to PostFinance directly or via a service provider. PostFinance works with the following service providers:

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    Service providersPartner to PostFinancePostFinance to partner
    Service providers
    Abacus Research AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

    Service providers
    Abraxas Informatik AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

    Service providers
    Additiv AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner
     
    Service providers
    bme AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

    Service providers
    Business Gateway AG
    Partner to PostFinance

     

    PostFinance to partner

    Service providers
    Ciges SA
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

     

    Service providers
    DATA UNIT AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

     

    Service providers
    Faigle AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

    Service providers
    GHX Switzerland AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

    Service providers
    IGH Interessengemeinschaft Datenverbund
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

    Service providers
    Koelliker Büroautomation AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

     

    Service providers
    Nexmart Schweiz AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

     

    Service providers
    Perfect SA
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

    Service providers
    PENTAG Informatik AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

     

    Service providers
    SPS Outline AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

     

    Service providers
    Tilbago AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

     

    Service providers
    Winarco AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to partner

     

    Interconnect partner

    PostFinance works with partners who offer equivalent billing solutions. The following service companies maintain Interconnect connections that allow digitally signed B2B e-bills to be sent from one network to another.

    Interconnect partnerPartner to PostFinancePostFinance to Partner
    Interconnect partner
    Abacus Research AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

    Interconnect partner
    AirPlus International AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

     

    Interconnect partner
    Basware Corporation 
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

    Interconnect partner
    Comarch AG 
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

     

    Interconnect partner
    crossinx GmbH 
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

     

    Interconnect partner
    Descartes (Schweiz) AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

    Interconnect partner
    EDICOM 
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

    Interconnect partner
    io-market AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

    Interconnect partner
    Markant Services International GmbH
    Partner to PostFinance

     

    PostFinance to Partner

    Interconnect partner
    OpenText Inc.
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

     

    Interconnect partner
    Pagero AB 
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

     

    Interconnect partner
    PENTAG Informatik AG
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

    Interconnect partner
    Swisscom (Schweiz) AG, Handelsplatz Conextrade
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

    Interconnect partner
    TrueCommerce APS 
    Partner to PostFinance

    PostFinance to Partner

     

    Please note the following factsheet in Interconnect:

    • A digital invoice is issued, sent and received in a predefined, structured electronic format (e.g. XML). In this way, invoices can be processed completely automatically and electronically from software to software or sent digitally via an invoice portal.

    • You can send digital invoices as eBills directly to your customers’ e-banking or as B2B e-bills directly to your business customers’ software.

      Useful information: PostFinance also provides a solution for paper invoices: with Paper Bill, we will take care of printing and mailing for you and optimize processing of your returns. Practical: for you, this runs via the same interface as B2B e-bill and eBill.

      Go to invoice mailing with Paper Bill

    • Using a digital invoicing process, you will benefit from the advantages of standardization and automation. You save on time and costs. You do not have to enter invoice data manually, and you can view all invoices to be issued in the digital archive at any time. Payment transactions are carried out using existing processes, and it is very easy to track all actions thanks to electronic storage.

    • In Switzerland, various stakeholders are involved in sending and receiving digital invoices:

      • Software partners offer business software (ERP) with which invoices can be created and processed
      • eInvoicing providers receive digital invoice data and forward it to the right recipient
      • eBill network partners forward digital invoices to the eBill platform, which is implemented in 99 percent of Swiss financial institutions
      • Financial institutions provide customers with access to eBill in e-banking/e-finance

      To send digital invoices, you need a service provider who prepares your invoice data so that it is forwarded to the recipient in the correct format. PostFinance works with many software partners who offer interfaces to PostFinance in their software that enable you to send and receive digital invoices. It is also an eInvoicing provider, an eBill network partner and an eBill-affiliated bank. PostFinance therefore offers you comprehensive billing solutions from a single source.

      • You benefit from free advice and our support. In the price bracket covering up to 1,000 invoices per month, no costs are charged for monthly transactions worth CHF 8.
      • Use of our The link will open in a new window eInvoicing portal, in which you can enter invoices manually or upload them as PDF files, is free of charge. It is ideal for smaller business customers who do not have a software solution.
      •  PostFinance provides free support to help you attract new B2B e-bill and eBill recipients.

      Go to our best practice guide “Add recipients"

      Go to our best practice guide “eBill marketing”

Do you have any questions about digital invoices?

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