Bottomline and Aberdeen Group to Present New Research on Best-in-Class AP Automation Practices

Webinar Highlights Just-Released Benchmark Study Recommending Strategic, Collaborative Approaches to Achieving Desired Cost and Process Efficiencies

PORTSMOUTH, NH – April 24, 2007 – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment and invoice automation solutions, today announced that Aberdeen Group, a Boston-based research and advisory firm, will present the results of its latest benchmark study on AP automation during a live Webinar, co-hosted by Bottomline, on Wednesday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

Published earlier this month, The E-Payables Benchmark Report: Advancing Accounts Payable Automation, explores the steps required to transform AP into a best-in-class business function. To help achieve this objective, the report advocates a series of actions, including adopting a more strategic approach to investing in AP automation solutions, and establishing closer working relationships with other internal stakeholders such as Treasury and Procurement.

Who: Andrew Bartolini, Research Director for Global Supply Management, Aberdeen Group and Chip Martin, Vice President for Strategic Product Management, Bottomline Technologies

What: Live Webinar reviewing Aberdeen’s latest benchmark study on AP automation

When: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. EDT

To Register: http://www.bottomline.com/news_events/webinars.html

The full E-Payables Benchmark report, which was co-sponsored by Bottomline, is also available for download at: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410680&cid=3940.

Additional information on Bottomline’s AP automation products and services can be found at http://www.bottomline.com/purchase_to_pay.html.

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.

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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 February 2007 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.

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