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Manage card lifecycle

Learn how to change the status of a card.

After you create and issue cards to your users, you will need to manage the whole lifecycle of your cards, including:

Update the balance account linked to a card

Some use cases might require that you update the balance account linked to a card after the card has been created. You can do this only if the card has a Requested or Inactive status.

To update the balance account ID, make a PATCH /paymentInstruments/{id} request and send the new balanceAccountId.

Update the balance account ID 
curl https://balanceplatform-api-test.adyen.com/bcl/v1/paymentInstruments/PI3227C223222B5BPCMFXD2XG \
-u "ws@BalancePlatform.YOUR_BALANCE_PLATFORM":"YOUR_WS_PASSWORD" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-X PATCH \
-d '{
    "balanceAccountId":"BA32272223222B5CM82WL892M"
}'

The response contains the paymentInstrument resource, with the updated balanceAccountId.

Suspend a card

You can suspend a payment instrument to temporarily prevent payment processing. You can activate the card again at any time. If you want to permanently close a card, you need to close the card.

To suspend a card, make a PATCH /paymentInstruments/{id} request and set the status to Suspended.

Suspend a card 
curl https://balanceplatform-api-test.adyen.com/bcl/v1/paymentInstruments/PI3227C223222B5BPCMFXD2XG \
-u "ws@BalancePlatform.YOUR_BALANCE_PLATFORM":"YOUR_WS_PASSWORD" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-X PATCH \
-d '{
    "status":"Suspended"
}'

The card can no longer be used for payments. To re-enable payments, you need to update the status back to Active.

Close a card

Closing a card is a permanent action and cannot be reversed. If you want to temporarily prevent processing, you can suspend the card instead.

To close a card, make a PATCH /paymentInstruments/{id} request and set the status to Closed.

Here is an example of how you close a card with payment instrument id PI3227C223222B5BPCMFXD2XG:

Close a card 
curl https://balanceplatform-api-test.adyen.com/bcl/v1/paymentInstruments/PI3227C223222B5BPCMFXD2XG \
-u "ws@BalancePlatform.YOUR_BALANCE_PLATFORM":"YOUR_WS_PASSWORD" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-X PATCH \
-d '{
    "status":"Closed"
}'

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