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EIPP: Extending Payments to the Full Cycle

Accountis — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:15:17 +0100

Written by Ifor Williams, Sales Director at Accountis, the article “EIPP: Extending Payments to the Full Cycle” looks at the opportunity e-invoicing holds for banks and how they can take advantage of it. “By combining billing services, specifically EIPP, with their existing transaction services, banks can deliver a unique and valuable end-to-end commercial service”. The article can currently be seen on GTNews.com.

DHL chooses Accountis EIPP Platform

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:53:22 +0100

Their vision was to be able to
generate and send
e-invoices directly from
multiple back-office systems
across Europe

Resolution Holdings Ensure Paperless Direct Debit

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:52:01 +0100

“We chose Accountis because
they offered a superior solution to
other suppliers in the
marketplace. BACSactive-IP had
the flexibility to provide the right
level of functionality and service
for our needs.”
SIMON ROLAND, RESOLUTION HOLIDINGS

Outsourced E-Payment Processing For GlobalCollect

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:51:01 +0100

“Accountis development and
support is excellent, run by
friendly professionals who
go out of their way to
provide the best possible
service. Our shared
dedication to security,
efficiency and accuracy has
lead to a very rewarding
working relationship.”
JOHN D’HANIS, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER,
GLOBALCOLLECT

Your Top Three E-Invoicing Questions Answered

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:49:27 +0100

Finance Directors in the NHS are constantly looking for ways to improve efficiencies in the financial supply
chain process. Incumbent financial systems are often paper-based, requiring considerable manual input, that is
both time consuming and costly.
A number of NHS Trusts have implemented e-procurement solutions, which go some way to improve the
situation by saving time and reducing costs in the purchasing process. However the real benefits of automation
only become significant when an EIPP (Electronic Invoicing Presentment and Payment) system is employed,

Four Reasons Why Customers Want E-Invoicing

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:48:22 +0100

Customers receiving paper bills from suppliers in the Logistics sector are demanding change. After years of enduring
a painstakingly slow and error prone invoicing process that wastes valuable time and resources, customers are now
insisting that bills are sent electronically instead of on paper. So why are customers so fed up with their current paper
invoice process that they are begging suppliers for change?

Get Paid Quicker with EBPP and Credit/Debit Card Payments

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:47:15 +0100

Deploying a complete EBPP (Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment) system allows businesses to benefit from reducing
the inefficiencies and costs associated with traditional paper-based processes. The benefits of EBPP are compounded when
the entire purchase-to-pay process is completed electronically. Presenting and processing documents electronically saves
time and money and if you complete the EBPP process by accepting online payments the time and cost saving benefits
are augmented. You get paid quicker and cash flow is improved.

Get Paid Quicker with EIPP and Direct Debit

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:46:03 +0100

increasing efficiency and reducing costs for your business. Recently we have concentrated on the different electronic
payment options that your organisation can utilise in order to complete the purchase-to-pay process entirely electronically.
Through collaborations with various Payment Service Providers (PSP’s), Accountis supports a wide range of electronic
payment methods that allows your company to benefit from increased speed and efficiency at the payment stage of the EIPP
process.

Accountis Corporate Datasheet

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:43:15 +0100

Mission
Our mission is to optimise the financial supply chain
by enabling customers and suppliers to exchange
financial documents and manage associated monetary
transactions.
Background
Accountis is a privately held UK PLC with leading European financial
institution backing. Accountis provides secure financial document exchange
and payment systems to companies globally. Its state of the art security
allows companies to exchange financial documents such as invoices and
purchase orders seamlessly and manage payments associated with these
documents online.

BACSactive-IP Bureau: Ways to Work Smarter with BACSactive-IP Bureau

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:58:22 +0100

BACSactive- IP Bureau
is designed to support the demanding
requirements of commercial and internal Bureau operat ions.
I t is based on our indust ry leading BACSTEL- IP solut ion and
provides extensions specifically tailored to reduce the
administration overheads of Bureau users.
BACSactive- IP Bureau is fully accredited by BACS as a
Bureau solut ion and is part of a full range of products
support ing all aspects of the data capture and payment
process.
BACSactive- IP Bureau is a drop- in replacement for your
exist ing systems and provides superior levels of support for

BACSactive-IP Product Range: The Simplest Way to Upgrade to BACSTEL-IP

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:56:41 +0100

BACSactive- IP is a range of BACSTEL- IP products and
services
that provide organisat ions with modern, well
designed, reliable and secure electronic funds transfer
solutions. I t has been designed by experts in the field of
Internet payments using the latest technologies, with easeof-
use and security being the primary considerations.
All products in the BACSact ive- IP range have been designed
and developed solely to take advantage of BACSTEL- IP and
all it has to offer , such as the highest levels of secur ity and
easy-to-use reporting facilities.

BACSactive-IP Managed Service:

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:53:53 +0100

BACSactive- IP is available as a Software Applicat ion for you to
install and run on your servers, or as a Managed Service with
the software hosted and managed by Accountis.
The Account is Managed Service provides an at t ract ive way to
reduce the cost of deployment and ownership of payment
solut ions. I t provides for Account is' applicat ions to be delivered
on-demand with very lit t le set -up costs. This allows companies
to focus IT resources on core applicat ions and new init iat ives
without excessive expenditures upon deployment of a solution's

BACSactive-IP Enterprise Bureau: Simplify your Bureau Activities with BACSactive-IP

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:51:26 +0100

BACSactive- IP Enterpr ise Bureau
suppor ts the ent ire range
of BACSTEL- IP Bureau opt ions and is readily configurable to
suit your operat ing environment . Suppor t is provided for
high volume Commercial Bureaux submit t ing payments on
behalf of a large number of companies and for I nternal
Bureaux with complex integrat ion and author isat ion
requirements.

Keys can be
managed using smar t cards or within a
Hardware Secur ity Module (HSM) . Authorisat ion and
submissions can be manual or can be fully automated using
the HSM. The applicat ion comfor tably suppor ts single or

BACSactive-IP Direct Debit Collect: The Most Advanced Direct Debit Management System

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:46:38 +0100

BACSactive- IP Direct Debit Collect is
the most advanced Direct Debit
management solut ion available today and the only
fully automated
solution in the BACS market.
Managing the Direct Debits process is a complex operat ion with a high
administ rat ion overhead. I f you are new to the int ricacies of Direct Debit ,
this may result in a long and painful learning curve whilst you
t roubleshoot your operat ions. I f you are an exit ing user of Direct Debits,
you are well aware of the work involved in managing your not ificat ions,
collections and handling the exceptions.

BACSactive-IP Product Range: Powering Secure BACSTEL-IP Payments

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:44:03 +0100

BACSactive-IP was developed in the UK by Accountis from the ground up in the
true spirit of NewBACS.
BACSactive-IP provides organisations with the modern, well designed, reliable and secure
electronic funds transfer system they deserve.
BACSactive-IP is a user-friendly, fully scalable, integrated and extensible client-server
solution. BACSactive-IP has been developed throughout using the latest technologies with
ease of use being the primary consideration.
Our client-server architecture, modern Application Programme Interface, browser based

Account Validate: Capture Correct Payment Data

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:42:00 +0100

Account Validate
ensures that the bank account details you capture
are valid. I t is easily embedded into any of your applicat ions and
allows users to check the validity of bank sort codes and account
numbers before they are saved. Account Validate can also be
embedded into your I nternet applicat ions to ensure users of your
web pages enter valid bank details.

Automated banking services require accurate data. All BACSTEL-IP
software solut ions validate the account data before performing
submissions to BACS. Account Validate
ensures that the data you

ebPrinter: The electronic business printer from Accountis

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:35:22 +0100

Generate Digitally Signed Detailed XML From Any Printable Document

The Accountis ebPrinter is a powerful product
that allows any printable document to be
automatically converted into the latest contentrich
electronic document in any format.
Users print their documents (invoices, purchase orders,
etc) into the ebPrinter which translates them into
digitally signed XML or PDF documents. The signed
electronic documents are communicated to electronic
trading networks using protocols such as ebXML.
Signed electronic documents are mapped to the

Card Remittance System: Ensure Accurate Balance Transfers with Accountis

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:32:43 +0100

Accountis Card Remittance System is the ideal solution for any
organisation that offers customer balance transfers. This
invaluable service validates credit, store or charge card details to
eliminate errors before direct credit transfers are made by BACS.
Using the very latest and most comprehensive database, card
information including account numbers, sort codes and issuer
details are validated instantly. As a result, delays and other
problems caused by missing or incorrect card/bank information
are eliminated.

The functionality of Accountis Card Remittance System is

Trading Confusion The Current State of E-Invoicing Legislation in Europe

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:30:40 +0100

Europe generates around 27 billion invoices per year and the number of invoices being sent
electronically is growing exponentially. Out of the 25 countries in Europe, Germany, Sweden,
Norway and Finland send the most e-invoices, followed by France, UK, Netherlands and Belgium.

To help facilitate and support this growth in e-invoicing, the EC Directive on Invoicing (2001/115/EC)
was introduced in 2004. It was the aim of the Directive to simplify and harmonise VAT invoicing
requirements across Europe to make it easier for businesses to conduct cross-border trade. Each

E-Documents: More Secure Than Paper?

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:29:03 +0100

Definitions of the terms "digital signatures", "public key cryptography" and "ebXML" can be found in the Jargon Buster section at the end of
this article.

We live in an age where our business information is extremely valuable, and most businesses dispatch and deliver paper
accounting documents using trusted networks such as their regional postal service. But more and more businesses are
now choosing to send their documents electronically using what was once considered to be an untrusted network – the

Increase Sales with EIPP Part 2: Cross-Selling and Website Traffic

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:27:57 +0100

Although we sometimes forget it, it is much more cost-effective to sell products and services to
existing clients than it is to spend money on acquiring new ones. Part 1 of ‘Increase Sales with EIPP’
looked at how Electronic Invoicing Presentment and Payment (EIPP) provides an ideal platform for
you to start getting more out of your existing customer base by improving communication and
building longer, more rewarding relationships. Part 1 showed that by using relationship marketing
techniques during the EIPP process you can open up a new, frequent communication channel:

Keeping Your Invoices Safe

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:25:31 +0100

Making the switch from manual paper invoicing to an automated electronic process can cut costs, increase
efficiencies and improve customer relationships. But with cases of Internet fraud making headline news, the
benefits of moving to an electronic transaction system are often overshadowed by the potential devastating
consequences caused by a security attack.

As a company you have probably already received an invoice electronically. If you received it by email, how did
you verify who it came from? How do you know that the contents were not changed during transmission?

Fast Track To Supplier E-Invoicing

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:23:13 +0100

Key to the success of any e-invoicing project is getting Suppliers and Buyers to join you in your new
venture. In most cases, persuading Customers to view invoices online instead of receiving them on paper
is straightforward. But getting Suppliers to both view purchase orders online and send you invoices
electronically can be more difficult. Or is it?

This article first explains how e-invoicing works for Suppliers and then takes a look at the Supplier
Adoption Process, discussing the different strategies Accounts Payable departments can use to migrate

EIPP Addresses Key Issues in NHS Accounts Payable

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:21:45 +0100

All NHS Trusts experience problems in exchanging financial documents such as purchase orders and
invoices with suppliers. Automating the Accounts Payable (AP) function by introducing an Electronic
Invoicing Presentment and Payment (EIPP) solution can eradicate many of these problems by eliminating
paper, reducing manual input and speeding up slow processes.

As experienced providers of EIPP solutions to healthcare organisations, Accountis is well aware of the
issues facing departments in the NHS today. Based on our experience we have selected four key

The Transaction Hub: Making Sense of E-Invoicing Standards

Accountis — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:19:37 +0100

Accountis recently attended an event, which showcased the eBuild-XML standard for use in the building
industry. This standard is just one of hundreds of different standards currently in use Worldwide and this
creates a serious problem for businesses who wish to exchange electronic data with each other. Having so
many different standards in use, it becomes an almost impossible task to decide which standard to use with
whom and when. This article explains how using a Transaction Hub can help businesses successfully exchange