Free Article Library

Our informative resource library features magazine editorials published about Accountis, plus articles written by us on e-invoicing, e-payments and other related topics.  To view some of the articles you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download Accountis product datasheets, please click here.

EIPP and Financial Institutions, SEPA

• 5 Reasons Why E-Invoicing Belongs to Banks

  It is estimated that only about 5% of Europe’s 30 billion invoices were sent electronically in 2009. However, the number of electronic invoices is increasing rapidly - at about 35-40% per annum according to a Billentis Report. A number of banks are already providing electronic invoicing services to their corporate customers - are you missing out?

• Corporate Financial Systems: RBS live with new e-billing platform

  This news article describes The Royal Bank of Scotland’s use of the Accountis system to provide EIPP services to UK corporate customers.

• GT News: EIPP: Extending Payments to the Full Cycle

  Ifor Williams, Sales & Marketing Director at Accountis looks at the opportunity electronic invoicing presentment and payment (EIPP) holds for banks and how they can take advantage of it. This article is currently available for registered users on GTNews.

• Treasury Management International: ‘eBilling = Environmental Billing at DHL’

  Interview with Brian Thumwood, eBilling Manager, Europe, about DHL's European deployment of the Accountis E-Invoicing platform (login required).

General EIPP - FAQ and Case Studies

• Build Better Customer Relationships with E-Invoicing

  Purchase orders, invoices, credit notes, statements; these are perhaps the most important documents your company sends out.  Without them you would not get paid and without money your business would not exist.   But all these documents could be so much more than a means of collecting and processing cash.  Adapting such documents so that they contain personalised, targeted and relevant marketing messages should be seen as a golden opportunity not to be missed.

• Case Study: DHL “Resistance is Useless”

  This article was written by Corporate Financial Systems Magazine. It is an indepth case study of DHL’s European e-Billing project. It provides a unique insight into how this major logistics company is using e-billing to streamline processes and build better customer relationships.

• Case Study: RBS / London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (AP E-Invoicing)

  With 140,000 invoices to process from over 8,500 different suppliers, the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LBH&F) had been considering ways to simplify its payment methods for some time. They chose RBS’s web-based, paper-free AP E-Invoicing service to improve efficiencies and reduce errors.

• Healthcare Special: Your Top 3 E-Invoicing Questions Answered

  Electronic Invoicing is an automated service that helps finance departments in the NHS to lower costs, reduce errors and speed-up settlement. This article discusses three key issues; how it works, how it will impact suppliers/buyers and what cost savings can be expected following implementation.

• Logistics Special: 4 Reasons Why Customers Want E-Invoicing

  Why do customers in the logistics sector want to receive their invoices electronically? This special in-depth article explores the four main reasons why customers are keen to make the switch from paper to electronic, and highlights how suppliers can also benefit from making the change.

Supplier Network Services

• 100% E-Invoicing Success With AP Automation

  How would you like to make the immediate switch to an automated AP process? Why not get someone else to open, check, re-key and file all your inbound paper invoices? This article looks at scanning and data extraction services and the benefits they can offer you and your suppliers.

• EIPP Adresses Key Issues IN NHS Accounts Payable

  All NHS Trusts experience problems in exchanging financial documents such as purchase orders and invoices with suppliers. EIPP can help eliminate many of these problems by automating the AP function. This article discusses four key issues that NHS project managers need to address when writing a business case for EIPP.

• Public Sector Special: Fast Track To Supplier E-Invoicing

  Key to the success of any Electronic Invoicing project is getting suppliers and buyers to join you in your new venture. This article explains how e-invoicing works for Suppliers and describes a straightforward Supplier Adoption process.

• Trading Confusion: The Current State of E-Invoicing in Europe

  When it comes to e-invoicing, every country in the EU has its own set of VAT rules and regulations. This article discusses the EC Directive on Invoicing (2001/115/EC) and lists some of the more interesting e-invoicing legislation that has been introduced by member states since 2004.