Bottomline Technologies and UMB Bank Examine Vertical Market Payment Strategies at PAYMENTS 2009

Presentation to Banking and Financial Services Executives Explores Business and Technology Considerations Behind Development of Vertical Payment Strategies

PORTSMOUTH, NH and ORLANDO, FL – April 07, 2009 – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today at PAYMENTS 2009 announced that Suzanne Hurt, Vice President, Banking and Financial Services, will be leading an executive discussion on the benefits of developing an industry-specific approach to cash management products and services.

This session will provide insight into how banks can implement new deployment models leveraging existing technology assets to create opportunities within vertical markets such as healthcare. Joining Ms. Hurt will be Jim Rundberg, Executive Vice President of Product Management for UMB Bank.

The presentation, ‘Vertical Markets: What’s Your Payments Strategy?’ is open to PAYMENTS 2009 attendees and suitable for banking and financial services professionals of all levels.

To help accommodate high-volume domestic and international payments and cash reporting, banks and financial institutions around the world 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, visit: www.bottomline.com/banking.

Time and Location: ‘Vertical Markets: What’s Your Payments Strategy?’ will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 in Crystal G1 at 11:00 a.m. EDT.

Editorial Note: Bottomline will be exhibiting in booth 708 at NACHA PAYMENTS 2009, April 5-8, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. To arrange an on-site meeting, please contact 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 (de), 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 February 2009 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:
Alana Burns
Bottomline Technologies
603-501-6601
aburns@bottomline.com