e-Invoices & Peppol SMP

The turn-key AP + AR advantage

Most e-invoicing vendors only move structured documents between systems — they can't read the paper and PDF invoices that still make up much of real-world AP. Most capture vendors do the opposite: they OCR images but can't exchange compliant e-invoices. WiseTREND does both.

For nearly two decades we have been experts in image- and PDF-based IDP for accounts payable and accounts receivable, built on ABBYY. Now, as a Peppol-certified provider, we add native e-invoice exchange — so a single partner handles 100% of your invoice flow:

• Inbound (AP): capture paper and PDF invoices with WiseINVOICE IDP, and receive structured Peppol e-invoices through our Access Point — all normalized into one clean data stream for your ERP.
• Outbound (AR): issue your invoices as compliant Peppol e-invoices, or as PDFs for partners not yet on the network — from the same pipeline.
• One vendor, one workflow: no stitching together an OCR tool, an e-invoicing gateway, and an integrator. WiseTREND is all three.

Peppol services we offer

• Peppol Access Point — certified connectivity to send and receive e-invoices, credit notes, and orders over the Peppol eDelivery network using the AS4 transport profile.
• SMP (Service Metadata Publisher) — we register you on the network and publish the document types you can receive, so trading partners can discover and reach you. Receiving on Peppol requires an SMP entry; we manage it for you.
• Participant registration & the Peppol Directory — we set up your Peppol Participant Identifier and listing so you are findable across the network.
• Validation & compliance — every document is validated against EN 16931 and Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rules before it is sent.
• ERP integration — captured and exchanged data flows straight into SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, NetSuite, QuickBooks, and more.
• Monitoring & support — delivery status, message-level tracking, and a real engineering team behind it.

Why e-invoicing, and why now

Structured e-invoicing is shifting from optional to mandatory across Europe and beyond:

• Belgium — mandatory structured B2B e-invoicing via Peppol from January 1, 2026 (read our guide).
• France — all businesses must be able to receive e-invoices from September 2026, with large and mid-sized companies also issuing them.
• Germany — businesses must already receive e-invoices; issuing phases in from 2027–2028.
• EU ViDA — under VAT in the Digital Age, intra-EU B2B e-invoicing on the EN 16931 standard becomes mandatory by July 1, 2030.

Getting onto Peppol now, with a partner who also automates your paper and PDF invoices, means you are compliant and fully automated before the deadlines arrive. For every country's status, not just these four, see WiseTREND's Global e-Invoice Mandates tracker, updated monthly.

How Peppol e-invoicing works

Peppol uses a secure four-corner model. You never connect directly to each trading partner — you connect once, to your Access Point:

1. Sender creates the invoice in their system.
2. Sender's Access Point validates it and submits it to the network.
3. Receiver's Access Point receives it on the buyer's behalf.
4. Receiver imports the structured invoice into their ERP.

The SMP is the directory that makes corners 3 and 4 reachable — it tells the network which Access Point serves a given recipient and which documents they accept.

Getting started: onboarding in five steps

1. Discovery — we review your invoice volumes, ERP, document mix, and the partners or mandates you need to meet.
2. Register — we set up your Peppol Participant Identifier and publish your SMP entry so the network can find and reach you.
3. Connect — we link your ERP or accounting system to our certified Access Point for sending and receiving.
4. Validate & test — we run documents end-to-end against EN 16931 / Peppol BIS 3.0, and add image/PDF capture for invoices that arrive outside the network.
5. Go live — you exchange compliant e-invoices, with delivery monitoring and a real engineering team behind you.