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-The  has reached <b>public release version</b>. 
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-This API for the mifos-platform (project named 'Mifos X')is documented in the api-docs under <b>Full API Matrix</b> and can be viewed <a target="_blank" href="https://demo.openmf.org/api-docs/apiLive.htm" title="API Documentation"> here
+The API for the mifos-platform (project named 'Mifos X')is documented in the api-docs under <b>Full API Matrix</b> and can be viewed <a target="_blank" href="https://demo.openmf.org/api-docs/apiLive.htm" title="API Documentation"> here
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 Latest stable release can always been viewed on master branch: <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/openMF/mifosx/tree/master" title="Latest Release">Latest Release on Master</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/openMF/mifosx/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md" title="Latest release change log">View change log</a>