The STEP2 SEPA Business-to-Business Direct Debit (SDD B2B) Service is geared at providing banks in the Single Euro Payments Area with an interbank processing infrastructure for domestic and pan-European direct debits. The SDD B2B Service on EBA CLEARING’s STEP2 platform validate, route, clear, settle and deliver direct debit collections in line with the Scheme Rulebooks of the European Payments Council for SEPA B2B Direct Debits. Highly resilient processing infrastructure ISO 20022 XML messaging supported Payment validation R-messages processing Payment warehousing up to D-14 Multiple distribution of direct debit information SWIFTNet communications layer File validation Straight-Through Processing validation Integrated settlement in TARGET2 Batch processing service level Real-time browser-based position monitoring [[https://www.ebaclearing.eu/services/step2-sdd-b2b/overview/|Step2 SDD B2B]]