ING strengthens focus on electronic invoicing with Anachron After raising its stake in Billington to 100%, ING has now also increased its interest in Anachron, a specialist in the field of electronic invoicing. ING expects the majority of European companies to switch to electronic invoicing within the next five years.
The increase in ING’s stake in […]

Together with Wim Mijs, director of the Dutch Association of Banks, State Secretary Heemskerk of Dutch Economic Affairs launched the website www.ViaMijnBank.nl last week. 
 
Via this website, consumers and businesses receive information about the benefits of sending bills digitally. Moreover, customers of ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank ViaMijnBank are able to receive their invoices online, and pay online through their own […]

 
 
UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
European E-invoicing Forum (EEF), organized by Empiria Group is putting together leading corporates, banks, SMEs, service providers, standardization & regulatory bodies. Every day in 2009, 1000 corporates are expected to become new users of e-invoicing. However, there are still a lot of barriers to overcome and challenges to face. In […]

Stefan Foryszewski is co-founder & senior vice president at OB10.
The banking industry is rarely out of the headlines at the moment.  Every aspect of how banks conduct their affairs is coming under scrutiny as a result of the credit crunch and the ensuing global recession.
Some of this activity is right and proper - and more […]

A new solution was launched by the Norwegian Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen, the Minister of Children and Equality Anniken Huitfeldt and the Director of the Norwegian Consumer Council Randi Flesland through the financial portal finansportalen.no, aiming at facilitating the process of switching banks or even starting negotiations within a bank in order to achieve […]

Worldwide electronic document systems association recognizes Pucher’s patented innovations and achievement record in digital document industry

ISIS Papyrus Chief Architect Max J. Pucher has been selected by the Xplor International Awards Committee as the winner of the 2009 Brian Platte Lifetime Achievement Award for setting standards within the document management industry with software products such as […]

E-invoicing is often linked to SEPA, the Single Euro Payment Area. SEPA should become the area in the European Union where citizens, companies and other economic actors will be able to make and receive payments in euro. This should happen under the same basic conditions, rights and obligations, regardless their location and regardless whether it […]

Automation of Purchase to Pay Processes Ensures Compliance & Speeds Cash Flow Cycles
Elemica, the leading B2B supply chain execution network, and Basware, the leading provider of purchase to pay solutions, have entered into a global partnership.  The combination of Elemica’s Order Management and e-Invoicing solutions with Basware’s Enterprise Purchase to Pay solution allows companies to […]

 
The industry in The Netherlands has been released from a huge paperwork burden, after the political decision was taken to allow e-mail for sending invoices. This administrative change provides entrepreneurs with possible annual savings worth € 600 million.
The tax authorities state that paper is no longer sacred. Companies are allowed to send invoices to each other per email, without having to pass all kinds of […]

Main view: to reduce burdens on business and to help Member States tackle fraud.
The European Commission today adopted a proposal to change the VAT Directive 2006/112/EC in respect to the invoicing rules, based on a Communication on the technological developments in the field of electronic invoicing. The aim of the proposal is to increase the use […]