Presentation to Global Banking and Financial Services Executives Explores Importance of Partnering with Corporate Clients to Implement More Cost-effective Approach to Cash Management

PORTSMOUTH, NH and Vienna, Austria – September 15, 2008 - Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today at Sibos 2008 announced that Eric Campbell, Chief Technology Officer, will be leading an executive discussion on the benefits of using SWIFT messaging as part of an enterprise payments strategy.

Joining Mr. Campbell to provide best-practice insight for SWIFT messaging based on its use of Bottomline’s WebSeries® Global Cash Management Platform will be Elizabeth Eriksen, a member of the senior executive team of Raymond James Financial.

The presentation, ‘Leveraging SWIFT as an Integral Component of an Enterprise Payments Strategy’, is open to Sibos 2008 attendees and suitable for banking and financial services professionals of all levels.

To help accommodate high-volume domestic and international payments and transaction reporting, banks and financial institutions rely on Bottomline’s award-winning WebSeries Global Cash Management Platform to provide the security, reliability and scalability required to address the cash management challenges of corporate clients of all sizes. For more information, please visit: www.bottomline.com/bank_solutions.html.

Time and Location: ‘Leveraging SWIFT as an Integral Component of an Enterprise Payments Strategy’ will take place on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 in Open Theater A, which is located in the main exhibition hall at 11:00 a.m. CEST.

Editorial Note: Bottomline will be exhibiting in booth B731 at Sibos 2008, September 15-19, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. To arrange an on-site meeting, please contact Heather Bridges at 603-501-5267 or Billy Balfour at 603-501-5219.

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 and transactions involving global payments, invoice approval, purchase-to-pay, collections, cash management and document process automation. 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.,

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