Erin Bendig has extensive experience in various areas of personal finance. She previously worked as a staff writer for Kiplinger.com, focusing primarily on savings accounts and banking. In ...

Adding your child as an authorized user on your credit cards can be a smart way to set them up for financial success. While it may seem scary to give kids that kind of spending power, it actually ...

Getting credit cards for kids can age you. I should know; even though I write about credit cards for a living, the idea of sharing my carefully curated credit score with my kids was harrowing.

To determine the best debit cards for kids, we evaluated parental controls, security features, educational tools and age appropriateness. (See our methodology for more information on how we chose ...

The best debit cards for kids and teens have easy-to-use mobile banking apps to help your child learn how to handle their own finances. They also come with parental control features for you and ...

Whether your child is in grade school or high school, giving them a bank account and debit card can help teach valuable lessons about how to wisely spend—and save—money.