Update an account holder

patch/accountHolders/{id}

Updates an account holder. When updating an account holder resource, if a parameter is not provided in the request, it is left unchanged.

Endpoint destination URL
https://balanceplatform-api-test.adyen.com/bcl/v2/accountHolders/{id}
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Path Parameters

idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the account holder.

Request Parameters

balancePlatformstring

The unique identifier of the balance platform to which the account holder belongs. Required in the request if your API credentials can be used for multiple balance platforms.

capabilitiesobject

Contains key-value pairs that specify the actions that an account holder can do in your platform. The key is a capability required for your integration. For example, issueCard for Issuing. The value is an object containing the settings for the capability.

contactDetailsobjectDeprecated

Contact details of the account holder.

descriptionstring
Max length: 300

Your description for the account holder.

metadataobject

A set of key and value pairs for general use. The keys do not have specific names and may be used for storing miscellaneous data as desired.

Note that during an update of metadata, the omission of existing key-value pairs will result in the deletion of those key-value pairs.

primaryBalanceAccountstring

The ID of the account holder's primary balance account. By default, this is set to the first balance account that you create for the account holder. To assign a different balance account, send a PATCH request.

referencestring
Max length: 150

Your reference for the account holder.

statusstring

The status of the account holder.

Possible values:

  • active: The account holder is active. This is the default status when creating an account holder.

  • suspended: The account holder is permanently deactivated by Adyen. This action cannot be undone.

  • closed: The account holder is permanently deactivated by you. This action cannot be undone.

timeZonestring

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

Response parameters

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.

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  • 400 - Bad Request

    A problem reading or understanding the request.

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  • 401 - Unauthorized

    Authentication required.

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  • 403 - Forbidden

    Insufficient permissions to process the request.

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  • 422 - Unprocessable Entity

    A request validation error.

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  • 500 - Internal Server Error

    The server could not process the request.

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