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Update a balance account

patch/balanceAccounts/{id}

Updates a balance account.

Endpoint destination URL
https://balanceplatform-api-test.adyen.com/bcl/v1/balanceAccounts/{id}
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idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the balance account.

accountHolderIdstring

The unique identifier of the account holder associated with the balance account.

defaultCurrencyCodestring

The default currency code of this balance account, in three-character ISO currency code format. The default value is EUR.

descriptionstring
Max length: 300

A human-readable description of the balance account, maximum 300 characters. You can use this parameter to distinguish between multiple balance accounts under an account holder.

referencestring
Max length: 150

Your reference to the balance account, maximum 150 characters.

statusstring

The status of the balance account. Payment instruments linked to the balance account can only be used if the balance account status is Active.

Possible values: Active, Inactive, Closed, Suspended.

sweepConfigurationsobject

Contains key-value pairs that specify balance sweep per currency code.

You can update the balance account to add, update, or delete sweeps.

  • To add a sweep, send the currency code as a key and the configuration as the object.

  • To update a sweep, send the whole configuration with your updates.

  • To delete a sweep, set the value to null. For example, "EUR": null.

timeZonestring

The time zone of the balance account. For example, Europe/Amsterdam. Defaults to the time zone of the account holder if no time zone is set. For possible values, see the list of time zone codes.

After submitting a call, you receive a response message to inform you that your request was received and processed.

Depending on the HTTP status code of the response message, it is helpful to build some logic to handle any errors that a request or the system may return.

HTTP Responses

  • 200 - OK

    The request has succeeded.

  • 400 - Bad Request

    A problem reading or understanding the request.

  • 401 - Unauthorized

    Authentication required.

  • 403 - Forbidden

    Insufficient permissions to process the request.

  • 422 - Unprocessable Entity

    A request validation error.

  • 500 - Internal Server Error

    The server could not process the request.