Bottomline Technologies, a provider of cloud-based payment, invoice, and banking solutions, is expanding its partnership with Lloyds Bank in the UK (view press release). Through the new deal, Bottomline will provide the bank with the infrastructure it needs to enable corporate customers to streamline the management of payments and through processing. These solutions will be available as part of Lloyds’ Host to Host Connectivity Service, which allows corporates to communicate directly from their ERP, TMS and back office systems to their banking service providers.