diff --git a/app/Api/V2/Controllers/Model/Account/UpdateController.php b/app/Api/V2/Controllers/Model/Account/UpdateController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..877977f3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Api/V2/Controllers/Model/Account/UpdateController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * UpdateController.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 james@firefly-iii.org.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V2\Controllers\Model\Account;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V2\Controllers\Controller;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V2\Request\Model\Account\UpdateRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
+use FireflyIII\Repositories\UserGroups\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Transformers\V2\AccountTransformer;
+use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
+
+class UpdateController extends Controller
+{
+    public const string RESOURCE_KEY = 'accounts';
+
+    private AccountRepositoryInterface $repository;
+
+    /**
+     * AccountController constructor.
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->middleware(
+            function ($request, $next) {
+                $this->repository = app(AccountRepositoryInterface::class);
+                // new way of user group validation
+                $userGroup        = $this->validateUserGroup($request);
+                if (null !== $userGroup) {
+                    $this->repository->setUserGroup($userGroup);
+                }
+
+                return $next($request);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * TODO this endpoint is not yet reachable.
+     */
+    public function update(UpdateRequest $request, Account $account): JsonResponse
+    {
+        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Now in %s', __METHOD__));
+        $data         = $request->getUpdateData();
+        $data['type'] = config('firefly.shortNamesByFullName.'.$account->accountType->type);
+        $account      = $this->repository->update($account, $data);
+        $account->refresh();
+        app('preferences')->mark();
+
+        $transformer = new AccountTransformer();
+        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
+
+        return response()
+            ->api($this->jsonApiObject('accounts', $account, $transformer))
+            ->header('Content-Type', self::CONTENT_TYPE)
+            ;
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/app/Api/V2/Request/Model/Account/UpdateRequest.php b/app/Api/V2/Request/Model/Account/UpdateRequest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6576f47829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Api/V2/Request/Model/Account/UpdateRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * UpdateRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 james@firefly-iii.org.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V2\Request\Model\Account;
+
+use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Location;
+use FireflyIII\Rules\IsBoolean;
+use FireflyIII\Rules\UniqueAccountNumber;
+use FireflyIII\Rules\UniqueIban;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Request\AppendsLocationData;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ChecksLogin;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ConvertsDataTypes;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class UpdateRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    use ChecksLogin;
+    use AppendsLocationData;
+    use ConvertsDataTypes;
+
+    /**
+     * TODO is a duplicate of the v1 update thing.
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getUpdateData(): array
+    {
+        $fields = [
+            'name'                    => ['name', 'convertString'],
+            'active'                  => ['active', 'boolean'],
+            'include_net_worth'       => ['include_net_worth', 'boolean'],
+            'account_type_name'       => ['type', 'convertString'],
+            'virtual_balance'         => ['virtual_balance', 'convertString'],
+            'iban'                    => ['iban', 'convertString'],
+            'BIC'                     => ['bic', 'convertString'],
+            'account_number'          => ['account_number', 'convertString'],
+            'account_role'            => ['account_role', 'convertString'],
+            'liability_type'          => ['liability_type', 'convertString'],
+            'opening_balance'         => ['opening_balance', 'convertString'],
+            'opening_balance_date'    => ['opening_balance_date', 'convertDateTime'],
+            'cc_type'                 => ['credit_card_type', 'convertString'],
+            'cc_monthly_payment_date' => ['monthly_payment_date', 'convertDateTime'],
+            'notes'                   => ['notes', 'stringWithNewlines'],
+            'interest'                => ['interest', 'convertString'],
+            'interest_period'         => ['interest_period', 'convertString'],
+            'order'                   => ['order', 'convertInteger'],
+            'currency_id'             => ['currency_id', 'convertInteger'],
+            'currency_code'           => ['currency_code', 'convertString'],
+            'liability_direction'     => ['liability_direction', 'convertString'],
+            'liability_amount'        => ['liability_amount', 'convertString'],
+            'liability_start_date'    => ['liability_start_date', 'date'],
+        ];
+        $data   = $this->getAllData($fields);
+
+        return $this->appendLocationData($data, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * TODO is a duplicate of the v1 UpdateRequest method.
+     *
+     * The rules that the incoming request must be matched against.
+     */
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        /** @var Account $account */
+        $account        = $this->route()->parameter('account');
+        $accountRoles   = implode(',', config('firefly.accountRoles'));
+        $types          = implode(',', array_keys(config('firefly.subTitlesByIdentifier')));
+        $ccPaymentTypes = implode(',', array_keys(config('firefly.ccTypes')));
+
+        $rules          = [
+            'name'                 => sprintf('min:1|max:1024|uniqueAccountForUser:%d', $account->id),
+            'type'                 => sprintf('in:%s', $types),
+            'iban'                 => ['iban', 'nullable', new UniqueIban($account, $this->convertString('type'))],
+            'bic'                  => 'bic|nullable',
+            'account_number'       => ['min:1', 'max:255', 'nullable', new UniqueAccountNumber($account, $this->convertString('type'))],
+            'opening_balance'      => 'numeric|required_with:opening_balance_date|nullable',
+            'opening_balance_date' => 'date|required_with:opening_balance|nullable',
+            'virtual_balance'      => 'numeric|nullable',
+            'order'                => 'numeric|nullable',
+            'currency_id'          => 'numeric|exists:transaction_currencies,id',
+            'currency_code'        => 'min:3|max:51|exists:transaction_currencies,code',
+            'active'               => [new IsBoolean()],
+            'include_net_worth'    => [new IsBoolean()],
+            'account_role'         => sprintf('in:%s|nullable|required_if:type,asset', $accountRoles),
+            'credit_card_type'     => sprintf('in:%s|nullable|required_if:account_role,ccAsset', $ccPaymentTypes),
+            'monthly_payment_date' => 'date|nullable|required_if:account_role,ccAsset|required_if:credit_card_type,monthlyFull',
+            'liability_type'       => 'required_if:type,liability|in:loan,debt,mortgage',
+            'liability_direction'  => 'required_if:type,liability|in:credit,debit',
+            'interest'             => 'required_if:type,liability|min:0|max:100|numeric',
+            'interest_period'      => 'required_if:type,liability|in:daily,monthly,yearly',
+            'notes'                => 'min:0|max:32768',
+        ];
+
+        return Location::requestRules($rules);
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/app/Repositories/UserGroups/Account/AccountRepository.php b/app/Repositories/UserGroups/Account/AccountRepository.php
index 8e0c53cc41..cecf5cdb60 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/UserGroups/Account/AccountRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/UserGroups/Account/AccountRepository.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Models\AccountMeta;
 use FireflyIII\Models\AccountType;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionCurrency;
+use FireflyIII\Services\Internal\Update\AccountUpdateService;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Repositories\UserGroup\UserGroupTrait;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder as EloquentBuilder;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
@@ -291,4 +292,12 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
 
         return $dbQuery->take($limit)->get(['accounts.*']);
     }
+
+    #[\Override] public function update(Account $account, array $data): Account
+    {
+        /** @var AccountUpdateService $service */
+        $service = app(AccountUpdateService::class);
+
+        return $service->update($account, $data);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/UserGroups/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php b/app/Repositories/UserGroups/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php
index 9a70b42795..0f007432f1 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/UserGroups/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/UserGroups/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php
@@ -72,5 +72,7 @@ interface AccountRepositoryInterface
 
     public function setUser(User $user): void;
 
+    public function update(Account $account,array $data): Account;
+
     public function setUserGroup(UserGroup $userGroup): void;
 }
diff --git a/resources/assets/v2/api/v2/model/account/put.js b/resources/assets/v2/api/v2/model/account/put.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2ac8a8310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/assets/v2/api/v2/model/account/put.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * list.js
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 james@firefly-iii.org
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import {api} from "../../../../boot/axios";
+import format from "date-fns/format";
+
+export default class Put {
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param identifier
+     * @param params
+     * @returns {Promise<AxiosResponse<any>>}
+     */
+    put(identifier, params) {
+        return api.put('/api/v2/accounts/' + identifier, params);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/resources/assets/v2/pages/accounts/index.js b/resources/assets/v2/pages/accounts/index.js
index 3bdd2a7ae0..792291bb81 100644
--- a/resources/assets/v2/pages/accounts/index.js
+++ b/resources/assets/v2/pages/accounts/index.js
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import '@ag-grid-community/styles/ag-grid.css';
 import '@ag-grid-community/styles/ag-theme-alpine.css';
 import '../../css/grid-ff3-theme.css';
 import Get from "../../api/v2/model/account/get.js";
+import GenericEditor from "../../support/editable/GenericEditor.js";
+import Put from "../../api/v2/model/account/put.js";
 
 // set type from URL
 const urlParts = window.location.href.split('/');
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ let index = function () {
                 enabled: true
             },
         },
+        editors: {},
         sortingColumn: '',
         sortDirection: '',
         accounts: [],
@@ -75,7 +78,36 @@ let index = function () {
             this.notifications.wait.text = i18next.t('firefly.wait_loading_data')
             this.loadAccounts();
         },
-
+        submitInlineEdit(e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            const newTarget = e.currentTarget;
+            const index = newTarget.dataset.index;
+            const newValue = document.querySelectorAll('[data-index="'+index+'input"]')[0].value ?? '';
+            if('' === newValue) {
+                return;
+            }
+            // submit the field in an update thing?
+            const fieldName = this.editors[index].options.field;
+            const params = {};
+            params[fieldName] = newValue;
+            console.log(params);
+            console.log('New value is ' + newValue + ' for account #' + this.editors[index].options.id);
+            (new Put()).put(this.editors[index].options.id, params);
+        },
+        cancelInlineEdit(e) {
+            const newTarget = e.currentTarget;
+            const index = newTarget.dataset.index;
+            this.editors[index].cancel();
+        },
+        triggerEdit(e) {
+            const target = e.currentTarget;
+            const index = target.dataset.index;
+            // get parent:
+            this.editors[index] = new GenericEditor();
+            this.editors[index].setElement(target);
+            this.editors[index].init();
+            this.editors[index].replace();
+        },
         loadAccounts() {
             this.notifications.wait.show = true;
             this.notifications.wait.text = i18next.t('firefly.wait_loading_data')
@@ -100,13 +132,13 @@ let index = function () {
                             currency_code: current.attributes.currency_code,
                             native_current_balance: current.attributes.native_current_balance,
                             native_currency_code: current.attributes.native_currency_code,
-                            last_activity: null === current.attributes.last_activity ? '' : format(new Date(current.attributes.last_activity),'P'),
+                            last_activity: null === current.attributes.last_activity ? '' : format(new Date(current.attributes.last_activity), 'P'),
                         };
                         this.accounts.push(account);
                     }
                 }
                 this.notifications.wait.show = false;
-
+                // add click trigger thing.
             });
         },
     }
diff --git a/resources/assets/v2/sass/app.scss b/resources/assets/v2/sass/app.scss
index 06a1b91471..6fbdb47374 100644
--- a/resources/assets/v2/sass/app.scss
+++ b/resources/assets/v2/sass/app.scss
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $color-mode-type: media-query;
 $link-decoration: none !default;
 $font-family-sans-serif: "Roboto", sans-serif;
 
-$danger:        #CD5029 !default;
+$danger: #CD5029 !default;
 $primary: #1E6581 !default;
 $success: #64B624 !default;
 
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ $success: #64B624 !default;
 
 // @import "~bootstrap-sass/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap";
 
-
+// hover buttons
+.hidden-edit-button {
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+td:not(:hover) .hidden-edit-button {
+    visibility: hidden;
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/resources/assets/v2/support/editable/GenericEditor.js b/resources/assets/v2/support/editable/GenericEditor.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c3f5bc893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/assets/v2/support/editable/GenericEditor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * GenericEditor.js
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 james@firefly-iii.org.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
+export default class GenericEditor {
+    setElement(element) {
+        console.log('GenericEditor.setElement()', element);
+        this.element = element;
+        this.parent = element.parentElement;
+        this.options = {};
+    }
+
+    init() {
+        // grab some options from element itself:
+        this.options.type = this.element.dataset.type;
+        this.options.id = this.element.dataset.id;
+        this.options.value = this.element.dataset.value;
+        this.options.index = this.element.dataset.index;
+        this.options.model = this.element.dataset.model;
+        this.options.field = this.element.dataset.field;
+        //this.options.field = this.element.dataset.type;
+        console.log('GenericEditor['+this.options.index+'].init()');
+    }
+
+    replace() {
+        console.log('GenericEditor['+this.options.index+'].replace()');
+        // save old HTML in data field (does that work, is it safe?)
+        this.options.original = this.element.parentElement.innerHTML;
+        if (this.options.type === 'text') {
+            this.replaceText();
+        }
+    }
+
+    replaceText() {
+        console.log('GenericEditor['+this.options.index+'].replaceText()');
+        let html = this.formStart() + this.rowStart();
+
+        // input field:
+        html += this.columnStart('7') + this.label() + this.textField() + this.closeDiv();
+
+        // add submit button
+        html += this.columnStart('5') + this.buttonGroup() + this.closeDiv();
+
+        // close column and form:
+        html += this.closeDiv() + this.closeForm();
+        this.element.parentElement.innerHTML = html;
+    }
+    textField() {
+        return '<input data-index="' + this.options.index + 'input" autocomplete="off" type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" id="input" name="name" value="' + this.options.value + '" placeholder="' + this.options.value + '" autofocus>';
+    }
+    closeDiv() {
+        return '</div>';
+    }
+    closeForm() {
+        return '</form>';
+    }
+
+    formStart() {
+        return '<form class="form-inline">';
+    }
+
+    rowStart() {
+        return '<div class="row">';
+    }
+
+    columnStart(param) {
+        if ('' === param) {
+            return '<div class="col">';
+        }
+        return '<div class="col-' + param + '">';
+    }
+    label() {
+        return '<label class="sr-only" for="input">Field value</label>';
+    }
+
+    buttonGroup() {
+        return '<div class="btn-group btn-group-sm" role="group" aria-label="Options">'+
+            '<button data-index="'+this.options.index+'" type="button" @click="cancelInlineEdit" class="btn btn-danger"><em class="fa-solid fa-xmark text-white"></em></button>'+
+            '<button data-index="'+this.options.index+'" type="submit" @click="submitInlineEdit" class="btn btn-success"><em class="fa-solid fa-check"></em></button>' +
+            '</div>';
+    }
+    cancel() {
+        console.log('GenericEditor['+this.options.index+'].cancel()');
+        console.log(this.element);
+        console.log(this.parent);
+        this.parent.innerHTML = this.options.original;
+    }
+    submitInlineEdit(e) {
+        console.log('Submit?');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/v2/accounts/index.blade.php b/resources/views/v2/accounts/index.blade.php
index befa1f6387..fdba25a06d 100644
--- a/resources/views/v2/accounts/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/v2/accounts/index.blade.php
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
                                         <a :href="'./accounts/show/' + account.id">
                                             <span x-text="account.name"></span>
                                         </a>
+                                        <em  :data-index="account.id + 'name'" @click="triggerEdit" data-type="text" data-model="Account" :data-id="account.id" data-field="name" :data-value="account.name" class="hidden-edit-button inline-edit-button fa-solid fa-pencil" data-id="1"></em>
                                     </td>
                                     <td>
                                         <span x-text="account.type"></span>
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
+
+
 @endsection
 @section('scripts')
     @vite(['resources/assets/v2/pages/accounts/index.js'])
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index d41fae7d9e..223ca2a969 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ Route::group(
     static function (): void {
         Route::get('', ['uses' => 'IndexController@index', 'as' => 'index']);
         Route::get('{account}', ['uses' => 'ShowController@show', 'as' => 'show']);
+        Route::put('{account}', ['uses' => 'UpdateController@update', 'as' => 'update']);
     }
 );