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.
Higher delivery rate and quicker payment receipt
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.
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.
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
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 invoice | B2B delivery per invoice | B2B 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 services | Price |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
Our software partners are vital to the digital invoicing process. Find out here whether your software is also connected to PostFinance’s interface.
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 providers | Partner to PostFinance | PostFinance 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
|
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 partner | Partner to PostFinance | PostFinance 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.
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:
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.
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