Bandhan Bank Launches Nationwide Direct Tax Collection Service

Bandhan Bank has introduced a new online service to facilitate the collection of direct taxes nationwide. The bank, acting as an agency for the Reserve Bank of India, also accepts offline tax payments at its 1,700 branches. Customers can make payments using internet banking, a payment gateway, cash, cheque, or demand draft. Debraj Saha, the head of the government business group at Bandhan Bank, expressed the bank’s pride in supporting the Central Board of Direct Taxes as an agency bank, in line with the government’s e-governance initiative. With a network of over 6,300 banking outlets across 35 states and UTs, Bandhan Bank serves more than 3.35 crore customers.