PORTSMOUTH, N.H.  and HONG KONG – September 14, 2009 - Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today at Sibos 2009 announced a partnership with Deutsche Bank to serve as the technology provider for the bank’s new Web-based outsourced check generation initiative.

Designed for Deutsche Bank’s financial institution clients, this hosted offering leverages Bottomline’s WebSeries® platform to provide a comprehensive solution for requesting, approving and printing checks and remittance information locally, across multiple currencies and in a format to clear locally in the beneficiary’s country, hence minimizing fees and clearing times. This is the latest engagement between Deutsche Bank and Bottomline focused on increasing payment efficiency, and will allow Deutsche Bank clients to accelerate payment cycle times.

“We are pleased to partner with Bottomline in this important initiative for Deutsche Bank,” said Maurice Cleaves, Head of Product Management Europe, Global Transaction Banking at Deutsche Bank. “The introduction of our onsite check printing solution will provide our clients with new opportunities to expand their reach and enable them to more readily respond to the changing payment needs of their corporate customers.”

To get to market quickly with a high-volume domestic and international payments capability, banks and financial institutions around the world rely on Bottomline’s award-winning WebSeries Global Cash Management platform. A single platform for managing payments and providing real-time cash management reporting, WebSeries delivers the security, reliability and rich functionality necessary to deliver the products and user experience required to strengthen customer relationships and develop new markets.

“We’re excited to have the opportunity to expand our existing relationship with Deutsche Bank by providing the technology foundation for this important new client solution,” said Rob Eberle, President and CEO of Bottomline Technologies. “Our relationship with Deutsche Bank reflects our commitment as an organization to enabling customers to achieve success and our ability to become a trusted partner to the world’s largest banks and financial institutions.”

Editorial Note: Bottomline will be exhibiting in booth 3D18 at Sibos 2009, September 14-18, 2009 in Hong Kong. To arrange an on-site meeting, please contact Heather Bridges at +1 603-501-5267 or Billy Balfour at +1 603-501-5219.

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To help raise awareness of the environmental benefits achieved by transitioning from paper to electronic processing, Bottomline has posted a green savings calculator on its Web site at: www.bottomline.com/cash_management_goes_green/.

About Bottomline Technologies
Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY) provides payments and invoice automation software and services to organizations seeking more secure and efficient financial processes. The company remains at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions that complement and extend the value of existing financial processes, business relationships and back-office systems. These solutions have enabled industry-leading corporations, banks and financial institutions to automate, manage and control processes involving payments and collections, invoice approval, cash flow, risk mitigation, reporting and document archive. For more information, please visit www.bottomline.com,

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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 2006, Form 10-Q filed November 2006 and any recently filed Form 8K's. 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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Billy Balfour
Bottomline Technologies   
bbalfour@bottomline.com
603-501-5219