Update Beneficiary

Updates the destination account or profile information of an existing beneficiary.

Endpoint

POST /remittance/payment/update-beneficiary

Sandbox base URL: https://rem-api-sandbox.pagsmile.com Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

The request uses the standard Remittance API request envelope. The fields below describe the decrypted biz_data object.

Requirement: M = Mandatory, O = Optional, and C = Conditional. A conditional field is mandatory only when the condition stated in its description applies.

Encrypt biz_data, encrypt the AES key into random_key, and sign the request according to the Common request specification.

Request body

Decrypted biz_data fields

Field	Type	Requirement	Description
merchant_id	long	M	Pagsmile-assigned unique identifier of the merchant.
beneficiary_id	long	M	Pagsmile-assigned unique identifier of the payment beneficiary.
payee_values	object	M	Country- and payment-route-specific beneficiary account details.
remark	string	O	Optional note supplied by the merchant for operational review and reconciliation.

Plaintext biz_data example

This example includes mandatory fields and representative optional or conditional fields. Submit fields marked C only when the condition in the field description applies.

{
  "merchant_id": 100398,
  "beneficiary_id": 100001,
  "payee_values": {
    "bicSwift": "EBAPFRPPXXX",
    "accountNumber": "1234567890",
    "beneficiaryCompanyName": "Example Company",
    "beneficiaryAddress": "100 Example Street",
    "beneficiaryCity": "Paris",
    "beneficiaryPostalCode": "75001",
    "beneficiaryCountry": "FR"
  },
  "remark": "Example remark"
}

Request example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://rem-api-sandbox.pagsmile.com/remittance/payment/update-beneficiary \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8' \
  --data '{
    "partner_id": "<your_partner_id>",
    "app_id": "<your_app_id>",
    "timestamp": "2026-07-20 10:30:00",
    "version": "2.0",
    "language": "en",
    "random_key": "<RSA-encrypted AES key>",
    "request_id": "<globally_unique_request_id>",
    "sign_type": "RSA",
    "biz_data": "<AES-encrypted biz_data>"
  }'

Use the partner_id and app_id assigned to your integration. The values above are placeholders.

Response

Success

The data field in the response envelope is AES-encrypted. Decrypt random_key with your RSA private key, then use the resulting AES key to decrypt data. See Security for implementation details.

Encrypted response example

{
  "code": "10000",
  "msg": "Success",
  "data": "<AES-encrypted response data>",
  "random_key": "<RSA-encrypted AES key>",
  "sign_type": "RSA",
  "app_id": "2017051914172236111"
}

Decrypted data example

{
  "beneficiary_id": 100001
}

Invalid signature

{
  "code": "40002",
  "msg": "Business Failed",
  "sub_code": "invalid-signature",
  "sub_msg": "invalid signature"
}

Response data fields

Field	Type	Requirement	Description
beneficiary_id	long	O	Pagsmile-assigned unique identifier of the payment beneficiary.

Related APIs

• Create Beneficiary

• Create Payment Order

• Delete Beneficiary

• Payment Result Notification

• Query Beneficiary Detail

• Query Payment Fields

• Query Payment Orders