Peppol is a global network for exchanging electronic documents. Peppol offers a secure and standardised way to send and receive structured invoice, purchase orders, catalogues, and electronic receipts.

In short, Peppol facilitates the digitalisation and automation of invoicing and procurement processes between suppliers and buyers.

Peppol Access Points are your connection to the Peppol network. These access points are usually e-invoicing operators, but some business software providers also operate their own access points.

When a e-invoice is sent from a sender’s Access Point, it gets transferred into the receiver’s Access Point via the Peppol network.

Sending and receiving invoices through Peppol is safe, seamless and effortless. The data is transferred securely in a standardised Peppol BIS format through Peppol access points.

Peppol operates on a four-corner model, that includes:

• C1 – Sender of Invoice (C1 sends e-invoice to C2)
• C2 – Service Provider (C2 sends e-invoice to C3)
• C3 – Service Provider (C3 send e-invoice to C4)
• C4 – Receiver of Invoice (C4 receives e-invoice from C3)

Access points such as Maventa are certified entities that handle the invoice and document exchange on behalf of senders and receivers, by connecting them to the Peppol network.

Peppol makes it easier, faster, and safer for organisations to exchange electronic documents such as invoices, orders, and shipping notes. Instead of building multiple one-to-one integrations, you simply connect once to the Peppol network and can reach any other participant across Europe, and increasingly worldwide.

By using Peppol, you benefit from:

• Seamless interoperability: Exchange documents across different systems and countries.

• Built-in compliance: Stay aligned with European and national e-invoicing regulations.

• Security and trust: Every participant is verified, and all exchanges flow through certified access points.

• Lower costs and errors: Reduce manual work, paperwork, and processing mistakes through automation.

• Scalability: One connection opens access to thousands of organisations already on the network.

• Future-proofing: Beyond invoices, Peppol supports the full procure-to-pay cycle and is expanding globally.

Software vendors don’t need to build Peppol connectivity from scratch.

The easiest and fastest way is to integrate with a certified Peppol Access Point provider through an API. By doing so, you can offer your customers seamless e-invoicing and e-document exchange without having to worry about compliance, security, or network maintenance yourself.