POST
/v1/issuing/cardholders/{cardholder}Update an Issuing cardholder
Updates an Issuing cardholder by changing only the fields included in the request. Use nested fields such as billing, company, individual, or spending_controls to modify corresponding cardholder information, while omitted fields remain unchanged. Set status to control whether authorizations are permitted on the cardholder's cards.
- RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.
- IdempotentThe SDK sends
Idempotency-Key, so a retried request is only applied once.
cardholderstringrequired
The unique identifier of the Issuing cardholder to update. Maximum 5,000 characters.
Optional partial cardholder update fields. Omitted fields remain unchanged.
billingobjectoptional
The cardholder's billing address.
companyobjectoptional
Additional information about a `company` cardholder.
emailstringoptional
The cardholder's email address.
expandarray<string>optional
Specifies which fields in the response should be expanded.
individualobjectoptional
Additional information about an `individual` cardholder.
metadataobjectoptional
Set of [key-value pairs](https://docs.stripe.com/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to `metadata`.
phone_numberstringoptional
The cardholder's phone number. This is required for all cardholders who will be creating EU cards. See the [3D Secure documentation](https://docs.stripe.com/issuing/3d-secure) for more details.
preferred_localesarray<string>optional
The cardholder’s preferred locales (languages), ordered by preference. Locales can be `de`, `en`, `es`, `fr`, or `it`.
This changes the language of the [3D Secure flow](https://docs.stripe.com/issuing/3d-secure) and one-time password messages sent to the cardholder.
spending_controlsobjectoptional
Rules that control spending across this cardholder's cards. Refer to our [documentation](https://docs.stripe.com/issuing/controls/spending-controls) for more details.
statusstringoptional
Specifies whether to permit authorizations on this cardholder's cards.
200Returns the updated Issuing cardholder object, including its identity, billing information, status, requirements, metadata, and spending controls.
billingobjectrequired
companyobjectoptional
Additional information about a `company` cardholder.
createdintegerrequired
Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.
emailstringoptional
The cardholder's email address.
idstringrequired
Unique identifier for the object.
individualobjectoptional
Additional information about an `individual` cardholder.
livemodebooleanrequired
If the object exists in live mode, the value is `true`. If the object exists in test mode, the value is `false`.
metadataobjectrequired
Set of [key-value pairs](https://docs.stripe.com/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.
namestringrequired
The cardholder's name. This will be printed on cards issued to them.
objectstringrequired
String representing the object's type. Objects of the same type share the same value.
phone_numberstringoptional
The cardholder's phone number. This is required for all cardholders who will be creating EU cards. See the [3D Secure documentation](https://docs.stripe.com/issuing/3d-secure#when-is-3d-secure-applied) for more details.
preferred_localesarray<string>optional
The cardholder’s preferred locales (languages), ordered by preference. Locales can be `de`, `en`, `es`, `fr`, or `it`.
This changes the language of the [3D Secure flow](https://docs.stripe.com/issuing/3d-secure) and one-time password messages sent to the cardholder.
requirementsobjectrequired
spending_controlsobjectoptional
Rules that control spending across this cardholder's cards. Refer to our [documentation](https://docs.stripe.com/issuing/controls/spending-controls) for more details.
statusstringrequired
Specifies whether to permit authorizations on this cardholder's cards.
typestringrequired
One of `individual` or `company`. See [Choose a cardholder type](https://docs.stripe.com/issuing/other/choose-cardholder) for more details.
defaultError response.
errorobjectrequired
Error handling
cardholder must identify the cardholder to update and must not exceed 5,000 characters. preferred_locales values must be de, en, es, fr, or it, and nested billing addresses require city, country, line1, and postal_code. Nested date-of-birth objects require day, month, and year.