---
title: "Freeze account"
method: POST
path: "/v1/accounts/{id}/freeze"
tags: ["Accounts"]
---

# Freeze account

`POST /v1/accounts/{id}/freeze`

Freezes an account

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, required

## Response `200`

Account frozen successfully

- AccountResourceDto
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier of the account.
  - `type` 'account', required — Resource type discriminator.
  - `currency` 'EUR' | 'GBP' | 'USD' | 'USDC', required — Currency code (ISO 4217 or crypto).
  - `status` 'pending' | 'active' | 'frozen' | 'closed', required — Current status of the account.
  - `asset_type` 'fiat' | 'crypto', required — Asset type of the account.
  - `label` string, required — Human-readable label for the account.
  - `financial_addresses` union[], required — Payment identifiers (e.g. IBAN, account number, wallet address) through which this account can send or receive funds.
    - union
      - IbanFinancialAddress
        - `type` 'iban', required — Discriminator for IBAN financial address.
        - `iban` string, required — International Bank Account Number.
        - `account_holder_name` string, required — Name of the account holder.
        - `bic` string, nullable, required — Bank Identifier Code, or null if not provided.
      - SortCodeFinancialAddress
        - `type` 'sort_code', required — Discriminator for UK sort code financial address.
        - `sort_code` string, required — UK sort code (6 digits).
        - `account_number` string, required — UK account number (8 digits).
        - `account_holder_name` string, required — Name of the account holder.
      - AbaFinancialAddress
        - `type` 'aba', required — Discriminator for ABA wire financial address.
        - `routing_number` string, required — ABA routing number (9 digits).
        - `account_number` string, required — Bank account number.
        - `account_holder_name` string, required — Name of the account holder.
      - BicFinancialAddress
        - `type` 'bic', required — Discriminator for BIC + local account financial address.
        - `bic` string, required — ISO 9362 Bank Identifier Code (8 or 11 characters).
        - `account_number` string, required — Local-format bank account number.
        - `account_holder_name` string, required — Name of the account holder.
        - `local_bank_code` string, nullable, required — Domestic bank or branch code where the destination country uses one (for example the BSB in Australia), or null.
      - CryptoWalletFinancialAddress
        - `type` 'crypto_wallet', required — Discriminator for crypto wallet financial address.
        - `address` string, required — Wallet address on the specified blockchain.
        - `blockchain` 'bitcoin' | 'ethereum' | 'solana' | 'polygon' | 'bitcoin_testnet4' | 'ethereum_sepolia' | 'solana_devnet' | 'polygon_amoy', required — Blockchain network for the crypto wallet.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when the account was created.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when the account was last updated.

## Changes

- **2026-08-31** `e0010b51834a` — 1 info
  - added `#/components/schemas/BicFinancialAddress` to the `financial_addresses/items/` response property `anyOf` list for the response status `200`
- **2026-08-25** `2bc05b7f5f86` — 1 breaking
  - removed the required property `account_type` from the response with the `200` status
- **2026-08-19** `3d21138daf4c` — 3 info
  - removed the pattern `^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000)$` from the `path` request parameter `id`
  - the `created_at` response's property pattern `^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$` was removed for the status `200`
  - the `updated_at` response's property pattern `^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$` was removed for the status `200`
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/augustus/apis/augustus-banking-api/changes/v1/accounts/:id/freeze/post.md)

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