Choose your language
Financial literacy for kids is best taught by doing — earning, saving, spending and giving with real money. Here's an age-by-age guide and the tools that help.
To open a bank account for a minor, a parent opens a joint or custodial account, verifies both identities, and funds it. Here's the full step-by-step, online or in branch.
The best way to teach kids about money is to let them use it — earn, save, spend and give with real dollars. Here are the conversations and tools that make it work.
The best chore app for kids links tasks to real money — assign chores, mark them done, allowance moves. Here are the card-linked apps that actually pay out.
A kids bank account can mean savings, checking or a debit card — three different jobs. Here's how each works, when to open one, and the best options by age.
A kids savings account grows money over time — distinct from a spending card. Here's how savings, custodial and the new Trump Accounts compare, and how to choose.
A prepaid card for kids is loaded with a set amount and spent down — no bank account needed. Here's how prepaid differs from a [kids debit card](/banks-that-offer-kids-debit-cards), and which to pick.
The "Trump savings account" is really Trump Accounts — a federal investment account for kids that seeds $1,000 for eligible newborns. Here's how it works.
Which banks offer kids debit cards? Chase and Capital One lead for young kids; Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Navy Federal focus on teens 13+. The full roundup.
Yes, Greenlight costs money — $5.99/month for Core, up to $19.98 for the top tier. Here's every Greenlight fee from the CFPB-filed schedule, plus the $0 alternatives.
Yes — Greenlight works internationally in 150+ countries with no foreign transaction fees, and supports Apple Pay and Google Pay. Here's the practical rundown.
A truly free kids debit card exists — but "free" splits two ways. Here are the genuinely $0 accounts vs the paid apps with a free trial, from the official record.
Newer posts