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A
B
C
D
E/F/G
H/I/J/K/L/M/N/O
P/Q
R
S
T
U/V
W
X/Y/Z
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| A |
| Accounts Receivable (A/R) |
System that tracks the amount due to Seller from all Buyers. |
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| Accounts Payable (A/P) |
System that tracks the amount owed by Buyer to all Sellers. |
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| Aggregators |
Service Bureaus that provide Billing and/or Payment ConsolidationServices. |
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| ASP - Application Service Provider |
Third party vendor used by seller to outsource the presentment of electronic invoices. |
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| Authentication |
The process of verifying the identity of a user of a secure system. Also, used to verify the integrity of a message. This is often through the use of ID's and passwords. |
| B |
| B2A |
Business to Administration |
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| B2B |
Business to Business; Traffic to enterprise payers, government etc. (via Web Browser or EDI-Download and Import in the ERP-system); invoices have to be VAT compliant |
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| B2C |
Business to Customer; Traffic to consumers (via Web browser or EDI-Download and Import in the PFM-system) |
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| Biller Direct |
EBPP model connecting one seller to many consumers. Consumers connect to the seller’s site to view bills. |
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| Biller Service Provider (BSP) |
An agent of the Biller that provides an EBPP service for the Biller. Commercial Relationship - An agreement between parties to do business together for the purpose of EBPP. It may or may not include a contract. |
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| Bill/Invoice Detail |
Information from a seller that provides invoice line level information to a buyer. This may include specific invoice event information such as credit card charges, telephone calls, or kilowatts used. |
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| Bill/Invoice Summary |
The summary information from a seller that is essential to a buyer to understand what is owed. It include all VAT and payment relevant data. Typical information may include; Amount Owed, Date Due, Seller, Seller’s Account Number. Also: Summary Record, Summary, Invoice Summary, Invoice Summary Record, Bill Summary Record. |
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| Bill/Invoice Notification |
A process whereby a buyer is notified that an electronic bill is available for review and payment. |
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| Buyer |
Customer, payer |
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| Buyer Direct |
EIPP model connecting one buyer to many sellers. Sellers post their invoice data to the buyer's site. |
| C |
| CA |
Certification authority, a body trusted by all users to create and assign (public key) certificates |
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| CEFACT |
Centre for Facilitation of procedures and practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport (Centre des Nations Unies pour la Facilitation des Pratiques dans l'Administration, le Commerce et le Transport)(www.unece.org/cefact/) |
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| CEN |
Comité Européen de Normalisation;European Committee for standardization, www.cenorm.be |
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| CEN/ISSS |
CEN Information Society Standardization System |
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| Consolidator |
Operator for electronic billing and invoicing services. A model connecting many buyers and many sellers. |
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| Customer Service Provider (CSP) |
An agent of the Customer that provides an interface directly to customers, businesses or others for bill presentment. CSP enrolls customers; enables presentment and provides customer care, among other functions. Often banks with the internetbanking portal are in the role of a CSP. |
| D |
| Digital signature |
Data appended to or a cryptographic transformation of, a data unit that allows a recipient of the data to prove the source and integrity of the data unit and protect against forge |
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| Dispute Management |
System function that allows buyer to notify seller of invoice disputes and the seller to respond to the buyer. |
| E/F/G |
| E-Billing/Electronic Billing |
Electronic presentment of consumer bills that contain a mechanism that enables the consumer to pay the bill.(business-to-consumer transactions) |
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| E-Invoicing |
New generation for electronic invoicing based on XML (eXtensible Markup
Language); VAT compliant; Completely paper free from End-to-End; The
Internet plays some role (at least as transport channel, but in most cases
recipients of invoices are also able to view the invoices via browser);
Reasonable prices for many to many communication, even for smaller
corporate.
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| EBPP |
Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment. Electronic presentment of consumer bills that contain a mechanism that enables the consumer to pay the bill.(business-to-consumer transactions) |
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| Eb/XML |
Initiative in electronic business XML (www.ebxml.org) |
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| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange - a computer to computer exchange of standard business data according to agreed upon data formats. |
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| EDIFACT |
Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (Echange de Données Informatisé pour l' Administration, le Commerce et le Transport), a set of international standards (both United Nations and ISO) necessary for electronic data exchange between applications |
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| EFT |
Electronic funds transfer;The transfer of funds between accounts using a variety of electronic (but not paper based) means. |
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| EIPP |
Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment for B2B transactions |
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| Electronic Signature |
Data in electronic form that are attached to or logically associated with other electronic data and which serve as a method of authentication |
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| Enrollment |
The process associated with a Customer establishing a relationship with a CSP |
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| ESP |
Electronic Statement Presentment for all kinds of formatted documents |
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| EXPP |
Term for EBPP, EIPP, ESP and Electronic eXchange |
| H/I/J/K/L/M/N/O |
| Hybrid solutions/services |
Sender side: Invoices are issued in parallel, one part electronically and the rest is printed. Recipients side: A major part of the invoices are received electronically. The remaining paper invoices are scanned => Total invoice management |
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| Order to Pay |
The settlement end of the Procure to Pay process involving purchase order delivery, invoice processing and payment.With Order to Pay automation, a buyer can deliver electronic purchase orders and capture electronic invoices from supplier. |
| P/Q |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
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| Purchase to Pay |
The end-to-end process that starts with purchasing and finishes with the payment of the invoices.The Purchase to Pay automation includes invoice processing, spend analysis, purchase management, PO + invoice matching, electronic invoice. |
| R |
| Roaming (of electronic invoices) |
Sender and recipient have an interface and service contract with two different operators. These operators are interconnected for exchanging VAT-compliant electronic invoices. Roaming is the exchange of electronic invoices from one operator platform to the other. |
| S |
| Seller |
Biller, vendor. Entity providing product or services. |
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| Seller Direct |
EIPP model connecting one seller to many buyers. Buyers connect to the seller’s site to view invoices. |
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| SEPA |
Single European Payment Area |
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| SSL |
Secured Socket Layer – A security protocol to enable encrypted, authenticated communications across the Internet. |
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| Statement/Notice |
An electronic or paper document that does not have a payment due associated with it – sent to a recipient |
| T |
| Total invoice management |
A major part of the invoices are received electronically. The remaining paper invoices are scanned. Finally, all invoices are digital for the afterwards workflow and archiving. |
| U/V |
| UN/CEFACT |
United Nations/Centre for Facilitations of procedures and practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport |
| W |
| Web-EDI |
Electronic data interchange over the web |
| X/Y/Z |
| X509 |
the standard that provides the basis of certification schemes used on the Internet |
