Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-78471, 333-78467, 333-78469, 333-78473, 333-50418, 333-50202, 333-65044 and 333-102060) pertaining to the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, the 1989 Stock Option Plan, the 1998 Director Stock Option Plan, the 1990 Incentive Stock Option Plan, the 1997 Incentive Stock Option Plan, the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, and the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. and in the Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-43842, 333-50810, 333-62330, 333-73366 and 333-102064) of our report dated July 30, 2003 (except for Note 15, as to which the date is September 18, 2003) with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2003.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP |
Boston, Massachusetts
September 23, 2003