# Enhanced Sandbox capabilities with the launch of Sandbox Studio in the Dashboard By Steven Van · 2026-09-11 Plaid also speeds up Fidelity and Schwab account access and retires two unused account subtypes. [Plaid]()'s Dashboard now includes Sandbox Studio, letting developers make Sandbox API calls directly from the Dashboard instead of through code. It also supports creating custom Sandbox profiles from a text description and saving institutions to those profiles for testing Layer and the Returning User Experience. The same [changelog entry]() also trims onboarding times for two brokerages and cleans up the account subtype list: - New customers on **Custom** and **Growth** plans get Fidelity Investments access within 4 weeks, down from 8; Pay-as-you-go customers can now request it from the Dashboard's OAuth institutions page instead of filing a support ticket. - New customers get Charles Schwab access within 5 business days, down from 6 weeks; Pay-as-you-go customers no longer need to request it at all. - The unused installment (loan) and charge card (credit) account subtypes have been removed, since Plaid's API never returned them. - From October 11, 2026, the home equity and commercial subtypes split further: home equity will cover HELOCs only, with a new home equity loan subtype for loans, and commercial will cover commercial loans only, with a new commercial line of credit subtype. Customers filtering on the old subtypes need to add the new ones to keep the same coverage. [![]()]() ![Plaid]() Plaid Connect your app to users' bank accounts — the API that powers fintech. Build financial products with easy, safe, and reliable data access. [View Plaid →]() Sources [Original source]() [Read Enhanced Sandbox capabilities with the launch of Sandbox Studio in the Dashboard on Creators Toolbox]() --- Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/plaid-enhanced-sandbox-capabilities-with-the-launch-of-sandbox-studio-in-the