For Third Consecutive Year, Company Receives Top Honor for Accounts Payable Services

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – January 30, 2007 - Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment and invoice automation solutions, today announced it has received a top ranking in Global Finance magazine’s Best Treasury and Cash Management Banks and Providers 2007. This marks the third consecutive year in which Bottomline has received the top honor in the Best Accounts Payable Services category.

Bottomline’s accounts payable automation solutions combine software for electronic workflow and payments with fully outsourced services for invoice data capture. Through the use of Bottomline’s solutions, organizations can immediately accelerate the approval of all invoices, gain increased visibility into operational spend and working capital, and more efficiently initiate and control payments. Banks can also leverage these solutions to offer new, value-added services for trade financing to corporate clients as they seek to strengthen their position within the financial supply chain.

Also recognized as part of Global Finance’s 2007 rankings were a number of financial organizations that rely on Bottomline’s technology for various aspects of their treasury and cash management services, including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase.

“Corporate finance departments and banks leveraging our AP automation solutions are discovering that the benefits of accelerating invoice approvals stretch beyond cost reduction and into larger business benefits such as optimized working capital,” said Rob Eberle, President and CEO of Bottomline Technologies. “Being recognized with this top award for the third consecutive year shows the breadth of our capabilities and expertise as well as our ability to deliver value to our customers’ financial operations.”

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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