Press Release - 8th October 2010

Leading organisations Share Best Practices at Annual User Conference

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Oct. 8, 2010 – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, held its European customer conference from Sept. 28-29 in Coventry, England. Senior-level executives from leading corporations, financial institutions and public sector organisations exchanged ideas for automating business-critical functions with Bottomline solutions.

Interactive sessions at the educational forum included, “Bringing Together Payments, Invoicing and Finance,” “Centralising, Securing and Automating the Payments and Collections Process” and “How SWIFT Addresses International Payments Challenges.” Participating customers included Santander, Prudential plc, Trinity Mirror Shared Services and Warner Music Group.

Discussions highlighted the benefits of Software as a Service solutions, including rapid implementation, quick return on investment and reduced total cost of ownership. Virgin Media, the UK’s leading entertainment and communications company, shared their experience with Bottomline’s Web-based solution creating operational efficiencies and cost savings in their finance organization. 

 “We are delighted to have welcomed over 80 customers to our annual customer forum. This conference is a valuable opportunity for our customers to exchange insights on market trends and discuss our product roadmap,” remarked Nigel Savory, Bottomline’s managing director, Europe. “Bringing our customers together in this way allows us to ensure that we continue to deliver solutions that help our customers to drive down operational costs.”

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, invoicing, global cash management, supply chain finance and transactional documents. organisations trust these solutions to meet their needs for cost reduction, competitive differentiation and optimisation 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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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.

Media Contacts:

US: Alana Burns
603-501-6601
aburns@bottomline.com

UK: Nadine Ter Meulen
0118-982-2342
ntermeulen@bottomline.com