# `Stripe.Params.CustomerUpdateParams`
[🔗](https://github.com/jeffhuen/tiger_stripe/blob/main/lib/stripe/params/customer_update_params.ex#L2)

Parameters for customer update.

# `t`

```elixir
@type t() :: %Stripe.Params.CustomerUpdateParams{
  address: map() | nil,
  balance: integer() | nil,
  business_name: map() | nil,
  cash_balance: map() | nil,
  default_source: String.t() | nil,
  description: String.t() | nil,
  email: String.t() | nil,
  expand: [String.t()] | nil,
  individual_name: map() | nil,
  invoice_prefix: String.t() | nil,
  invoice_settings: map() | nil,
  metadata: map() | nil,
  name: String.t() | nil,
  next_invoice_sequence: integer() | nil,
  phone: String.t() | nil,
  preferred_locales: [String.t()] | nil,
  shipping: map() | nil,
  source: String.t() | nil,
  tax: map() | nil,
  tax_exempt: String.t() | nil,
  validate: boolean() | nil
}
```

* `address` - The customer's address. Learn about [country-specific requirements for calculating tax](https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/taxes?dashboard-or-api=dashboard#set-up-customer).
* `balance` - An integer amount in cents (or local equivalent) that represents the customer's current balance, which affect the customer's future invoices. A negative amount represents a credit that decreases the amount due on an invoice; a positive amount increases the amount due on an invoice.
* `business_name` - The customer's business name. This may be up to *150 characters*.
* `cash_balance` - Balance information and default balance settings for this customer.
* `default_source` - If you are using payment methods created via the PaymentMethods API, see the [invoice_settings.default_payment_method](https://docs.stripe.com/api/customers/update#update_customer-invoice_settings-default_payment_method) parameter.

Provide the ID of a payment source already attached to this customer to make it this customer's default payment source.

If you want to add a new payment source and make it the default, see the [source](https://docs.stripe.com/api/customers/update#update_customer-source) property. Max length: 500.
* `description` - An arbitrary string that you can attach to a customer object. It is displayed alongside the customer in the dashboard. Max length: 5000.
* `email` - Customer's email address. It's displayed alongside the customer in your dashboard and can be useful for searching and tracking. This may be up to *512 characters*. Max length: 512.
* `expand` - Specifies which fields in the response should be expanded.
* `individual_name` - The customer's full name. This may be up to *150 characters*.
* `invoice_prefix` - The prefix for the customer used to generate unique invoice numbers. Must be 3–12 uppercase letters or numbers. Max length: 5000.
* `invoice_settings` - Default invoice settings for this customer.
* `metadata` - 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`.
* `name` - The customer's full name or business name. Max length: 256.
* `next_invoice_sequence` - The sequence to be used on the customer's next invoice. Defaults to 1.
* `phone` - The customer's phone number. Max length: 20.
* `preferred_locales` - Customer's preferred languages, ordered by preference.
* `shipping` - The customer's shipping information. Appears on invoices emailed to this customer.
* `source` - Max length: 5000.
* `tax` - Tax details about the customer.
* `tax_exempt` - The customer's tax exemption. One of `none`, `exempt`, or `reverse`. Possible values: `exempt`, `none`, `reverse`.
* `validate`

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*
