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This API Hub Sandbox therefore acts as a testing environment for TPPs, so that they can a) test their applications prior to being licensed and/or without accessing any real customer accounts and b) demonstrate their conformance to the Open Finance Standards as set out in the Certification Framework.
The API Hub Sandbox also acts as a reference implementation for LFIs so that they can compare their own API integration with the API Hub, thereby speeding up such integration activity.
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