LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Upon execution of this Limited Power of Attorney for Section 16
Reporting Obligation, all prior Powers of Attorney for Section 16
 Reporting Obligations previously executed by the undersigned
are immediately revoked and of no further force and effect.
Further, know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
makes, constitutes and appoints each of Gwendolyn Long and
Eric Morgan signing singly and each acting individually,
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
with full power and authority as hereinafter described to:

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Bottomline Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

1) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
prepare, complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
prepare, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely deliver and file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission a
nd any stock exchange or similar authority;

2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on
the undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in
 the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
 undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any
such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and

3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
 pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
 of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
 present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming nor relieving,
nor is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act. The undersigned acknowledges that
neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
assume (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility
 to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of
the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holding of and
transactions insecurities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
 9th day of November, 2021.

Michael J Curran (Nov 9, 2021 12:16 EST)