Bottomline Technologies Hosts Third Annual European Customer Conference
Educational Program Offers Best-Practice Approaches for Addressing Payments, Accounts Payable, Document Process and Cash Management Challenges
PORTSMOUTH, NH – May 14, 2008 –
Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today commenced its annual European User Conference in Daventry, UK, bringing together senior-level executives from leading corporations, public sector organizations and financial institutions.
Designed to help customers identify, realize and share best-practice approaches for addressing their accounts payable, document process and cash management challenges, this educational event combines compelling end-user case studies with individual sessions featuring Bottomline Technologies’ portfolio of award-winning solutions for document and payment process automation. Among the customers that will be presenting on the value they have derived from Bottomline’s solutions are newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror plc, Pearson Shared Services and the London Borough of Croydon.
“The treasury and accounts payable landscape in the UK and Europe continues to evolve rapidly. This conference has become a productive forum for customers seeking to expand their understanding for how their investments in Bottomline solutions can further enhance the operations and compliance of corporate finance departments and shared service centers,” said Steve Walker, IT Director at Trinity Mirror Shared Services and Chairman of the Bottomline User Group for EMEA.
“An event such as our European User Conference underscores the commitment we share as an organization for providing our customers with the software tools and knowledge they require to institute more efficient financial and document processes,” said Nigel Savory, Managing Director of Bottomline Technologies Europe. “The level of peer-to-peer interaction created as a result of the event’s sessions will provide customers with the type of insight that can be used to enhance results within their own organizations and maximize their investment in Bottomline Technologies.”
Bottomline Technologies has been recognized by Financial-i magazine, a leading European business technology publication, as a ‘Leader in Innovation’ for 2007, and by Global Finance magazine as a best-in-class provider of accounts payable services as part of its 2008 'Best Treasury and Cash Management Banks and Providers' ranking.
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