PORTSMOUTH, N.H. and HONG KONG – September 13, 2009 - Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today at Sibos 2009 announced a strategic partnership agreement with SWIFT to drive the adoption of SWIFT Alliance Lite by corporates and financial institutions.

As the global leader in secure financial messaging, SWIFT’s products and services are used by more than 8,500 banks, securities institutions and corporations to exchange over 3.8 billion standardized financial messages annually. SWIFT Alliance Lite, for which Bottomline is the principle technology partner, is an innovative Web-based connectivity solution, providing businesses with direct, secure and low-cost access to the SWIFT network.

By integrating SWIFT Alliance Lite with Bottomline’s payments automation platforms, corporations will be able to streamline their domestic and international payments by leveraging a single channel for communicating with multiple banking partners around the world. This will result in lower processing costs, improved straight through processing and enhanced visibility of cash and bank account activity globally.

“SWIFT Alliance Lite is delivering on its promise to provide corporations with faster and easier connectivity to the SWIFT Network,” said Erik De Belder, Head of Strategic Partner Development at SWIFT. “As SWIFT’s development partner on this initiative, and through this new distribution agreement, we’ll be able to leverage our relationship with Bottomline to drive faster adoption and bring the benefits of Alliance Lite to more corporations and financial institutions.”

Bottomline’s award-winning platforms for payments automation enable secure and efficient enterprise payment processing. Designed to meet the needs of mid- to large-sized corporations, these solutions offer flexible modules that can be implemented quickly and cost-effectively, based on an enterprise's specific objectives. Together these advanced applications provide a comprehensive and highly strategic solution for financial process automation, offering the scalability and flexibility required to accommodate future business needs. 

“We’re delighted to see our relationship with SWIFT progress in the form of this new partnership and present both parties with exciting new opportunities,” said Rob Eberle, President and CEO of Bottomline Technologies. “Integrating SWIFT Alliance Lite with our own capabilities for payments automation creates a powerful value proposition for our customers, enabling us to deliver flexible and cost effective solutions for streamlining global payments and delivering real-time cash visibility across multiple banks.”

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 SWIFT
SWIFT is a member-owned cooperative that provides the communications platform, products and services to connect over 8,500 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in more than 209 countries. SWIFT enables its users to exchange automated, standardised financial information securely and reliably, thereby lowering costs, reducing operational risk and eliminating operational inefficiencies. SWIFT also brings the financial community together to work collaboratively to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest.

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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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 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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Bottomline Technologies   
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