Bottomline Recognized by American Banker and Financial Insights as a Top 100 Technology Provider to Global Financial Services Industry

PORTSMOUTH, NH – November 13, 2008 – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced that American Banker and Financial Insights, an IDC company, have named the company to the 2008 FinTech 100, an annual ranking of the top technology providers serving the global banking and financial services community.

“Helping financial services organizations achieve their strategic objectives for payments, global cash management or legal spend management requires the right combination of product functionality, domain expertise and customer commitment,” said Rob Eberle, President and CEO of Bottomline Technologies. “Around the world, these are the factors that are differentiating Bottomline and our inclusion in the FinTech 100 for a third consecutive year is representative of the reputation our organization has established in this industry.”

Bottomline’s portfolio of award-winning solutions has been deployed throughout the global financial services industry by leading banks, insurers and other financial institutions including Deutsche Bank, MetLife, Safeco and Raymond James Financial.

Now in its fifth year, the FinTech 100 categorizes and evaluates hardware, software and service providers to the financial services industry based on fiscal year-end revenues and the percentage of revenue attributed to financial services.

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 2008, Form 10-Q Filed November 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