# Help - wages

**URL:** <https://community.monzo.com/t/help-wages/177460>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [7 April 2025 12:23 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/help-wages/177460 "2025-04-07T12:23:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ELW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a4c791/32.png) [@ELW](https://community.monzo.com/u/ELW)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 12:23 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/help-wages/177460/1 "2025-04-07T12:23:38Z")

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I am trying to get hold of someone to talk too and I can’t. It’s ridiculous. I have opened an account for my 15 year old. I need to know whether her employer can pay her wages into her Monzo account.

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**Author:** ![Carlo1460](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/carlo1460/32/122202_2.png) [@Carlo1460](https://community.monzo.com/u/Carlo1460)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 12:30 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/help-wages/177460/2 "2025-04-07T12:30:41Z")

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Does the account have its own sortcode and account number? If yes, give those to the employer.

If not; it’s need to be paid into your account.

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**Author:** ![Arnie7](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/arnie7/32/108404_2.png) [@Arnie7](https://community.monzo.com/u/Arnie7)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 12:33 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/help-wages/177460/3 "2025-04-07T12:33:11Z")

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I understand that the child accounts don’t have sort codes or account numbers, so you can’t.

Nationwide do a FlexOne account which does.

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**Author:** ![JayTay](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/jaytay/32/123134_2.png) [@JayTay](https://community.monzo.com/u/JayTay)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 12:43 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/help-wages/177460/4 "2025-04-07T12:43:03Z")

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As others have said it has no sort code or account number so isn’t really a “true” bank account, it’s more like a pre-paid card like GoHenry et al. [https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/cards-for-under-18s/#topbankaccounts](https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/cards-for-under-18s/#topbankaccounts) has a guide to the best bank accounts for under 18s.

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**Author:** ![anon90289270](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon90289270](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon90289270)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 12:50 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/help-wages/177460/5 "2025-04-07T12:50:01Z")

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> [@JayTay](#):
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> it’s more like a pre-paid card like GoHenry et al.

In practice it’s just a pot connected to YOUR main account. You can pay money into it with the payment link (was wonderful for my son’s birthday last week) but that’s probably no use to an employer and there are limits to the amount you can receive that way.

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**Author:** ![truCido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@truCido](https://community.monzo.com/u/truCido)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2025 20:58 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/help-wages/177460/6 "2025-04-07T20:58:25Z")

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No they can’t