PORTSMOUTH, NH – April 20, 2009 - Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced that in a recent vendor evaluation conducted by research advisory firm Aite Group, the company’s capabilities for global cash management ranked best-in-class.

“As the volume of international trade rises, banks have to expand their cash management products and services into new geographies in order to support their corporate clients or risk ceding ground to competitors,” said Christine Barry, Research Director at Aite Group. “Among its peers, Bottomline has demonstrated it possess the breadth of solution capabilities, scalability and expertise required to help large banks develop successful multi-region or global cash management strategies.”

To help accommodate high-volume domestic and international payments and cash reporting, banks and financial institutions around the world rely on Bottomline’s award-winning WebSeries® Global Cash Management platform. A single platform for originating and managing payment transaction and information reporting activity, WebSeries delivers the security, reliability and functionality banks require to bring to market the types of products needed to address emerging market opportunities.

“Bottomline’s commitment to its clients’ success is reflected in the investments we continue to make in our solution and the expansion of our resources in regions such as Europe and Asia-Pacific,” said Michael Lane, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Bottomline Technologies. “We’re proud of our strong reputation in the global banking community and it’s an honor to be recognized by Aite Group.”

About Bottomline Technologies
Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY) provides collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions to corporations, financial institutions and banks around the world. The company’s solutions are used to streamline, automate and manage processes involving payments, global cash management, transactional documents and invoice approval. Organizations trust these solutions to meet their needs for cost reduction, competitive differentiation and optimization of working capital. Headquartered in the United States, Bottomline also maintains offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.bottomline.com.

Bottomline Technologies, WebSeries and the BT logo are trademarks of Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand/product names are trademarks of their respective holders.

Cautionary Language
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are competition, market demand, technological change, strategic relationships, recent acquisitions, international operations and general economic conditions. For additional discussion of factors that could impact Bottomline Technologies' financial results, refer to the Company's Form 10-K filed September 2008, Form 10-Q filed February 2009 and any recently filed Form 8-Ks. Any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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Bottomline Technologies   
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