Parents are giving kids as young as 5 their own debit cards in effort to teach them financial literacy and money management. Getty Images/iStockphoto They’re only tweens, but they’re already getting ...

The Greenlight Debit Card for Kids offers a way for parents to begin teaching their children the importance of responsible financial habits at an early age. Between the debit card and its companion ...

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Ellen Chang is a freelance journalist based in Houston. She has covered personal finance, energy and cybersecurity topics for TheStreet, Forbes Advisor and U.S. News & World Report as well as CBS News ...

I’ve seen lots of ads lately for debit cards for kids. One that caught my eye the other day is issued by Mastercard. It’s called “Greenlight”. Greenlight’s website boasts, “With the Greenlight debit ...

(NerdWallet) – Debit and credit cards are two of the most commonly used payment methods today. Over 175 million Americans have a credit card, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NerdWallet) – Debit and credit cards are ...