Update beneficiary
Update an existing beneficiary’s information
Authorizations
Enter Auth0 JWT token
Headers
Optional. Names an owned sub-account (UUID) to act on. Omit to act at the master (tenant) level. Naming an account this key does not own returns 403 not_account_owner.
Path Parameters
Unique identifier for the beneficiary
"123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
Body
Address line 1 of the beneficiary (max 200 characters)
200"Hauptstraße 123"
Address line 2 of the beneficiary (max 200 characters)
200"Apt 4B, 3rd Floor"
City of the beneficiary
100"Berlin"
Country subdivision code (e.g., US state code "NY", "CA")
50"NY"
Date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format (individual beneficiaries only). Use this to add one to a saved individual beneficiary before sending a crypto payout while Travel Rule screening is enabled.
"1985-05-20"
Email address of the beneficiary
"john.doe@example.com"
Middle name of the beneficiary (max 100 characters)
100"James"
Full name of the beneficiary (2-100 characters)
2 - 100"John Doe"
Notes about the beneficiary (max 500 characters)
500"Regular client, prefers SEPA Instant"
Postal code of the beneficiary
20"10115"
Company registration number (business beneficiaries only, max 100 characters). Required for a business beneficiary on some corridors; use GET /v1/payouts/requirements to check.
100"2019/123456/07"
Beneficiary status. inactive is not settable here — deleting a beneficiary goes through DELETE /v1/beneficiaries/{id}, which refuses while a payout or order against it is still live.
active, suspended "active"
Beneficiary type
individual, business "individual"
Response
Beneficiary updated successfully
Array of associated payment accounts
Country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
"DE"
ISO timestamp when the beneficiary was created
"2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
Unique identifier for the beneficiary
"123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
Full name of the beneficiary
"John Doe"
Beneficiary status
active, inactive, suspended "active"
Beneficiary type
individual, business "individual"
ISO timestamp when the beneficiary was last updated
"2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
The sub-account this beneficiary belongs to. Absent on the workspace’s own. A headerless list is a rollup over both, so this is what tells them apart.
Address line 1 of the beneficiary
"Hauptstraße 123"
Address line 2 of the beneficiary
"Apt 4B, 3rd Floor"
City of the beneficiary
"Berlin"
Country subdivision code (e.g., US state code "NY", "CA")
"NY"
Date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format (individual beneficiaries only).
"1985-05-20"
Email address of the beneficiary
"john.doe@example.com"
Middle name of the beneficiary
"James"
Notes about the beneficiary
"Regular client, prefers SEPA Instant"
Postal code of the beneficiary
"10115"
Company registration number (business beneficiaries only).
"2019/123456/07"