Peppol is a network for the exchange of electronic invoices and documents online.
The reason Peppol was developed was to help simplify the process of billing and invoicing between governments and businesses – especially internationally.
Peppol provides both an agreed-upon platform and an agreed-upon format for companies and governments to exchange documents.
Peppol also provides a much more secure exchange platform when compared with emails or other methods. Because all of Peppol’s participating members must be legitimate organisations.
(Also, the platform itself ensures that all documents sent through it are virus-free and safe from hackers, etc.)