Bottomline Technologies and Raymond James Financial Highlight Strategic Use of SWIFT Messaging at Sibos 2008

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 involving payments, invoicing, global cash management, supply chain finance and transactional documents. 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.

Bottomline Technologies, WebSeries and the BT logo are trademarks of Bottomline Technologies, Inc. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand/product names are trademarks of their respective holders.

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 2008, Form 10-Q filed May 2008 and any recently filed Form 8-Ks. 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.

Company Contact:
Billy Balfour
Bottomline Technologies
603-501-5219
bbalfour@bottomline.com