---
title: "Change the display nickname of a customer-created virtual account."
method: PATCH
path: "/v1/accounts/{account_id}/virtual-accounts/{virtual_account_id}"
tags: ["crate::connectivity::fiat::controller::openapi::virtual_accounts"]
---

# Change the display nickname of a customer-created virtual account.

`PATCH /v1/accounts/{account_id}/virtual-accounts/{virtual_account_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.1money.com`
- URL: `https://api.1money.com/v1/accounts/{account_id}/virtual-accounts/{virtual_account_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/1money/apis/1money-openapi/docs/v1/accounts/:account_id/virtual-accounts/:virtual_account_id/patch.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `account_id` string, required
- `virtual_account_id` string, required

## Request body

- UpdateVirtualAccountRequest
  - `nickname` string, required: New display nickname. Subsequent creation retries must use this current nickname.

## Response `200`

- VirtualAccountResponse: A customer's virtual account for receiving bank transfers.
  - `virtual_account_id` string, required: Stable virtual account identifier.
  - `asset` 'USD' | 'EUR' | 'CNY' | 'HKD' | 'MXN' | 'BRL' | 'GBP' | 'AED' | 'INR' | 'PHP' | 'SGD' | 'JPY', required
  - `nickname` string, required: Customer-provided nickname; empty when unset.
  - `external_id` string, nullable: Customer-provided UUID used when creating an additional virtual account.
  - `is_default` boolean, required: True for default accounts provided by 1Money; false for additional accounts.
  - `status` 'PENDING' | 'ACTIVE' | 'DEACTIVE' | 'FAILED', required
  - `owner` VirtualAccountOwner, required
    - `account_id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
  - `fee` VirtualAccountFee
    - `value` string, required
    - `asset` string, required
    - `recurrence` 'MONTHLY', required
  - `created_at` string, required
  - `last_modified_at` string, required
  - `networks` VirtualAccountNetwork[], required: Current receiving instructions; empty unless status is ACTIVE.
    - `network` string, required: Receiving network: US_ACH, US_FEDWIRE, US_RTP, US_FEDNOW, SWIFT, or CUBIX.
    - `account_identifier` string, required: Receiving account identifier.
    - `institution_identifier` string, nullable: Bank routing identifier; omitted when not applicable.
    - `memo` string, nullable: Reference to include with the payment; omitted when unset.
    - `deposit_allowed` boolean, required: Whether this network provides receiving instructions for the active account.
    - `withdrawal_allowed` boolean, required: The VA's bank provider supports withdrawals on this network.
    - `bank` VirtualAccountParty, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `address` string, required
      - `country` 'AD' | 'AE' | 'AF' | 'AG' | 'AI' | 'AL' | 'AM' | 'AO' | 'AR' | 'AS' | 'AT' | 'AU' | 'AW' | 'AZ' | 'BA' | 'BB' | 'BD' | 'BE' | 'BF' | 'BG' | 'BH' | 'BI' | 'BJ' | 'BL' | 'BM' | 'BN' | 'BO' | 'BQ' | 'BR' | 'BS' | 'BT' | 'BW' | 'BY' | 'BZ' | 'CA' | 'CC' | 'CD' | 'CF' | 'CG' | 'CH' | 'CI' | 'CK' | 'CL' | 'CM' | 'CN' | 'CO' | 'CR' | 'CU' | 'CV' | 'CW' | 'CX' | 'CY' | 'CZ' | 'DE' | 'DJ' | 'DK' | 'DM' | 'DO' | 'DZ' | 'EC' | 'EE' | 'EG' | 'EH' | 'ER' | 'ES' | 'ET' | 'FI' | 'FJ' | 'FK' | 'FM' | 'FO' | 'FR' | 'GA' | 'GB' | 'GD' | 'GE' | 'GF' | 'GG' | 'GH' | 'GI' | 'GL' | 'GM' | 'GN' | 'GP' | 'GQ' | 'GR' | 'GS' | 'GT' | 'GU' | 'GW' | 'GY' | 'HK' | 'HN' | 'HR' | 'HT' | 'HU' | 'ID' | 'IE' | 'IL' | 'IM' | 'IN' | 'IO' | 'IQ' | 'IR' | 'IS' | 'IT' | 'JE' | 'JM' | 'JO' | 'JP' | 'KE' | 'KG' | 'KH' | 'KI' | 'KM' | 'KN' | 'KP' | 'KR' | 'KW' | 'KY' | 'KZ' | 'LA' | 'LB' | 'LC' | 'LI' | 'LK' | 'LR' | 'LS' | 'LT' | 'LU' | 'LV' | 'LY' | 'MA' | 'MC' | 'MD' | 'ME' | 'MF' | 'MG' | 'MH' | 'MK' | 'ML' | 'MM' | 'MN' | 'MO' | 'MP' | 'MQ' | 'MR' | 'MS' | 'MT' | 'MU' | 'MV' | 'MW' | 'MX' | 'MY' | 'MZ' | 'NA' | 'NC' | 'NE' | 'NF' | 'NG' | 'NI' | 'NL' | 'NO' | 'NP' | 'NR' | 'NU' | 'NZ' | 'OM' | 'PA' | 'PE' | 'PF' | 'PG' | 'PH' | 'PK' | 'PL' | 'PM' | 'PN' | 'PR' | 'PS' | 'PT' | 'PW' | 'PY' | 'QA' | 'RE' | 'RO' | 'RS' | 'RU' | 'RW' | 'SA' | 'SB' | 'SC' | 'SD' | 'SE' | 'SG' | 'SH' | 'SI' | 'SJ' | 'SK' | 'SL' | 'SM' | 'SN' | 'SO' | 'SR' | 'SS' | 'ST' | 'SV' | 'SX' | 'SY' | 'SZ' | 'TC' | 'TD' | 'TG' | 'TH' | 'TJ' | 'TK' | 'TL' | 'TM' | 'TN' | 'TO' | 'TR' | 'TT' | 'TV' | 'TW' | 'TZ' | 'UA' | 'UG' | 'US' | 'UY' | 'UZ' | 'VA' | 'VC' | 'VE' | 'VG' | 'VI' | 'VN' | 'VU' | 'WF' | 'WS' | 'XK' | 'YE' | 'YT' | 'ZA' | 'ZM' | 'ZW': ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes.
    - `account_holder` VirtualAccountHolder, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `address` AddressDetails, required
        - `full_address` string, required
        - `country_code` string, required: ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 three-letter country codes in upper case.
        - `address_line1` string, required: The street number for this address (the whitespaces are trimmed from field).
        - `address_line2` string, nullable: An additional address line for this address (the whitespaces are trimmed from field).
        - `city` string, required: A city for this address (the whitespaces are trimmed from field).
        - `region` string, nullable: The address's region. This is state for U.S., province for Canada (the whitespaces are trimmed from field).
        - `postal_code` string, required: A postal code for this address (the whitespaces are trimmed from field).
      - `country` 'AD' | 'AE' | 'AF' | 'AG' | 'AI' | 'AL' | 'AM' | 'AO' | 'AR' | 'AS' | 'AT' | 'AU' | 'AW' | 'AZ' | 'BA' | 'BB' | 'BD' | 'BE' | 'BF' | 'BG' | 'BH' | 'BI' | 'BJ' | 'BL' | 'BM' | 'BN' | 'BO' | 'BQ' | 'BR' | 'BS' | 'BT' | 'BW' | 'BY' | 'BZ' | 'CA' | 'CC' | 'CD' | 'CF' | 'CG' | 'CH' | 'CI' | 'CK' | 'CL' | 'CM' | 'CN' | 'CO' | 'CR' | 'CU' | 'CV' | 'CW' | 'CX' | 'CY' | 'CZ' | 'DE' | 'DJ' | 'DK' | 'DM' | 'DO' | 'DZ' | 'EC' | 'EE' | 'EG' | 'EH' | 'ER' | 'ES' | 'ET' | 'FI' | 'FJ' | 'FK' | 'FM' | 'FO' | 'FR' | 'GA' | 'GB' | 'GD' | 'GE' | 'GF' | 'GG' | 'GH' | 'GI' | 'GL' | 'GM' | 'GN' | 'GP' | 'GQ' | 'GR' | 'GS' | 'GT' | 'GU' | 'GW' | 'GY' | 'HK' | 'HN' | 'HR' | 'HT' | 'HU' | 'ID' | 'IE' | 'IL' | 'IM' | 'IN' | 'IO' | 'IQ' | 'IR' | 'IS' | 'IT' | 'JE' | 'JM' | 'JO' | 'JP' | 'KE' | 'KG' | 'KH' | 'KI' | 'KM' | 'KN' | 'KP' | 'KR' | 'KW' | 'KY' | 'KZ' | 'LA' | 'LB' | 'LC' | 'LI' | 'LK' | 'LR' | 'LS' | 'LT' | 'LU' | 'LV' | 'LY' | 'MA' | 'MC' | 'MD' | 'ME' | 'MF' | 'MG' | 'MH' | 'MK' | 'ML' | 'MM' | 'MN' | 'MO' | 'MP' | 'MQ' | 'MR' | 'MS' | 'MT' | 'MU' | 'MV' | 'MW' | 'MX' | 'MY' | 'MZ' | 'NA' | 'NC' | 'NE' | 'NF' | 'NG' | 'NI' | 'NL' | 'NO' | 'NP' | 'NR' | 'NU' | 'NZ' | 'OM' | 'PA' | 'PE' | 'PF' | 'PG' | 'PH' | 'PK' | 'PL' | 'PM' | 'PN' | 'PR' | 'PS' | 'PT' | 'PW' | 'PY' | 'QA' | 'RE' | 'RO' | 'RS' | 'RU' | 'RW' | 'SA' | 'SB' | 'SC' | 'SD' | 'SE' | 'SG' | 'SH' | 'SI' | 'SJ' | 'SK' | 'SL' | 'SM' | 'SN' | 'SO' | 'SR' | 'SS' | 'ST' | 'SV' | 'SX' | 'SY' | 'SZ' | 'TC' | 'TD' | 'TG' | 'TH' | 'TJ' | 'TK' | 'TL' | 'TM' | 'TN' | 'TO' | 'TR' | 'TT' | 'TV' | 'TW' | 'TZ' | 'UA' | 'UG' | 'US' | 'UY' | 'UZ' | 'VA' | 'VC' | 'VE' | 'VG' | 'VI' | 'VN' | 'VU' | 'WF' | 'WS' | 'XK' | 'YE' | 'YT' | 'ZA' | 'ZM' | 'ZW': ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: The VA state, nickname or bank account prevents this operation
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity - Invalid enum value (e.g., unsupported network or asset name)
- `500`: Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `d213edbaccb6`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/1money/apis/1money-openapi/changes/v1/accounts/:account_id/virtual-accounts/:virtual_account_id/patch.md)

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