eBill for Invoice Recipients (eBill for Business)

eBill for Business is intended to allow SMEs to process eBill invoices directly in online banking or seamlessly in their own business software.

Multiple employees can be authorized to process eBill invoices in online banking, viewing, approving or rejecting eBill invoices on the company’s behalf.

For companies with their own business software, eBill invoices are sent directly by way of established channels such as EBICS.

eBill for business is available to companies and entities similar to companies, although not yet every bank offers it. Please contact your relationship manager directly if you have any questions about the function.

The process for setting up the function varies according to the individual bank. Please contact your bank’s relationship manager directly.

Authorized employees can view, check and subsequently approve or reject invoices for the company using an account. Authorized employees can register the company with additional invoice issuers to receive eBill invoices in future. Authorized employees can also create, edit and delete standing approvals.

SMEs that have connected their business software to their bank receive eBill invoices directly in this software. Booking and payment are carried out using your standard processes. No adjustments to the existing processes are required. In addition to the electronic invoice data, you will also receive the associated PDF. The invoice receipt can thus be easily archived through your existing processes.

Authorized employees who have entered an e-mail address are informed that new invoices have been received. Notification settings can be adjusted in the eBill portal under “user settings”.

Yes, as long as your company has a corporate identification number that it provided when signing up for eBill for business. If you did not receive a corporate identification number until after signing up for eBill for business, you can give this to your bank at a later date.

In order to use eBill for Business across different banks, you must have provided the same corporate identification number at all banks.

All companies entered in an official register (e.g. VAT register, commercial register etc.) receive a corporate identification number from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. This is listed in a public register. Companies, associations, cooperatives and foundations etc. that are not entered in an official register can also apply for this number from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.

You can find more information on corporate identification numbers and how to apply for one on the Swiss Federal Statistical Office’s website.

eBill for business uses the corporate identification number as a way of identifying companies. If you do not have a corporate identification number, you still have limited use of eBill for business. Please contact your bank’s relationship manager.

If you are listed in an official register, your company is automatically assigned a corporate identification number. This can be found on the Swiss Federal Statistical Office’s website. Associations, cooperatives and condominium associations etc. can also apply for a corporate identification number from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. This is done by filling out a form.

Please notify your bank if your corporate identification number changes.

Yes, companies that do not have a corporate identification number can still use eBill for business. These companies receive an identification number from the financial institution. However, this does not enable multi-banking and invoice issuers cannot be automatically added. You will receive more information from your bank.

Multi-banking is possible only if a corporate identification number has been provided at the bank. In addition, a corporate identification number is required to use the “Add invoice issuers automatically” function (for a description of this function see next section).

If you already used eBill for your company before eBill for business was introduced, you can switch to eBill for business at any time, provided your bank offers this feature. Register for this at your bank, which will go through the set-up process for eBill for Business with you.

Not all banks offer eBill for Business. For more information on the service, please contact your relationship manager directly.

Please contact your bank directly to deactivate your eBill for Business account. It must be deactivated by the bank. If you use eBill for Business at various banks (multi-banking), you must deactivate the account at all banks involved.