diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66df3b7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+12.16.1
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/accounts_controller.rb
index da5c0e77b..b8ad4fa46 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/accounts_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::AccountsController < Api::BaseController
   skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token, only: [:create]
   skip_before_action :authenticate_user!, :set_current_user, :check_subscription, :handle_with_exception,
                      only: [:create], raise: false
-  before_action :check_signup_enabled
+  before_action :check_signup_enabled, only: [:create]
+  before_action :check_authorization, except: [:create]
+  before_action :fetch_account, except: [:create]
 
   rescue_from CustomExceptions::Account::InvalidEmail,
               CustomExceptions::Account::UserExists,
@@ -24,10 +26,26 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::AccountsController < Api::BaseController
     end
   end
 
+  def show
+    render 'api/v1/accounts/show.json'
+  end
+
+  def update
+    @account.update!(account_params.slice(:name, :locale))
+  end
+
   private
 
+  def check_authorization
+    authorize(Account)
+  end
+
+  def fetch_account
+    @account = current_user.accounts.find(params[:id])
+  end
+
   def account_params
-    params.permit(:account_name, :email)
+    params.permit(:account_name, :email, :name, :locale)
   end
 
   def check_signup_enabled
diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index b4450b88d..ca81bea2e 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Table name: accounts
 #
 #  id         :integer          not null, primary key
+#  locale     :integer          default("English")
 #  name       :string           not null
 #  created_at :datetime         not null
 #  updated_at :datetime         not null
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
   has_one :subscription, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :notification_settings, dependent: :destroy
 
+  enum locale: LANGUAGES_CONFIG.map { |key, val| [val[:iso_639_3_code], key] }.to_h
+
   after_create :create_subscription
   after_create :notify_creation
   after_destroy :notify_deletion
diff --git a/app/policies/account_policy.rb b/app/policies/account_policy.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9577a3247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/policies/account_policy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class AccountPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
+  def show?
+    # FIXME : temporary hack to transition over to multiple accounts per user
+    # We should be fetching the current account user relationship here.
+    @user.administrator?
+  end
+
+  def update?
+    # FIXME : temporary hack to transition over to multiple accounts per user
+    # We should be fetching the current account user relationship here.
+    @user.administrator?
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/api/v1/accounts/show.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/show.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c063f912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/show.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+json.id @account.id
+json.name @account.name
+json.locale @account.locale
diff --git a/app/views/api/v1/accounts/update.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/update.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c063f912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/update.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+json.id @account.id
+json.name @account.name
+json.locale @account.locale
diff --git a/config/initializers/languages.rb b/config/initializers/languages.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c3914069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/languages.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Based on ISO_639-3 Codes. ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes
+# This Hash is used in account model, so do not change the index for existing languages
+
+LANGUAGES_CONFIG = {
+  0 => { name: 'English', iso_639_3_code: 'eng' },
+  1 => { name: 'Arabic', iso_639_3_code: 'ara' },
+  2 => { name: 'Dutch', iso_639_3_code: 'nld' },
+  3 => { name: 'French', iso_639_3_code: 'fra' },
+  4 => { name: 'German', iso_639_3_code: 'deu' },
+  5 => { name: 'Hindi', iso_639_3_code: 'hin' },
+  6 => { name: 'Italian', iso_639_3_code: 'ita' },
+  7 => { name: 'Japanese', iso_639_3_code: 'jpn' },
+  8 => { name: 'Korean', iso_639_3_code: 'kor' },
+  9 => { name: 'Portugues', iso_639_3_code: 'por' },
+  10 => { name: 'Russian', iso_639_3_code: 'rus' },
+  11 => { name: 'Chinese', iso_639_3_code: 'zho' },
+  12 => { name: 'Spanish', iso_639_3_code: 'spa' }
+}.freeze
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 978d394f4..32ae38733 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     namespace :v1 do
       # ----------------------------------
       # start of account scoped api routes
-      resources :accounts, only: [:create], module: :accounts do
+      resources :accounts, only: [:create, :show, :update], module: :accounts do
         namespace :actions do
           resource :contact_merge, only: [:create]
         end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20200325210612_add_locale_to_account.rb b/db/migrate/20200325210612_add_locale_to_account.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08ecff067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20200325210612_add_locale_to_account.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddLocaleToAccount < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :accounts, :locale, :integer, default: 0
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 6546b9705..c94788d03 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_03_11_083854) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_03_25_210612) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_03_11_083854) do
     t.string "name", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.integer "locale", default: 0
   end
 
   create_table "active_storage_attachments", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/accounts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/accounts_controller_spec.rb
index c5426788b..eb5c15a92 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/accounts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/accounts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -75,4 +75,75 @@ RSpec.describe 'Accounts API', type: :request do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'GET /api/v1/accounts/{account.id}' do
+    let(:account) { create(:account) }
+    let(:agent) { create(:user, account: account, role: :agent) }
+    let(:admin) { create(:user, account: account, role: :administrator) }
+
+    context 'when it is an unauthenticated user' do
+      it 'returns unauthorized' do
+        get "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}"
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when it is an unauthorized user' do
+      it 'returns unauthorized' do
+        get "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}",
+            headers: agent.create_new_auth_token
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when it is an authenticated user' do
+      it 'shows an account' do
+        get "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}",
+            headers: admin.create_new_auth_token,
+            as: :json
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+        expect(response.body).to include(account.name)
+        expect(response.body).to include(account.locale)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'PUT /api/v1/accounts/{account.id}' do
+    let(:account) { create(:account) }
+    let(:agent) { create(:user, account: account, role: :agent) }
+    let(:admin) { create(:user, account: account, role: :administrator) }
+
+    context 'when it is an unauthenticated user' do
+      it 'returns unauthorized' do
+        put "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}"
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when it is an unauthorized user' do
+      it 'returns unauthorized' do
+        put "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}",
+            headers: agent.create_new_auth_token
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when it is an authenticated user' do
+      params = { name: 'New Name', locale: 'ara' }
+
+      it 'modifies an account' do
+        put "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}",
+            params: params,
+            headers: admin.create_new_auth_token,
+            as: :json
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+        expect(account.reload.name).to eq(params[:name])
+        expect(account.reload.locale).to eq(params[:locale])
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end