Kids accounts

[Shelle]

I just put a comment on a facebook post of yours and you directed me here! Can you create a kids account? Or allow a ‘POT’ to be set up on a parents account for a child to have their own card for? Its so easy to control finances & spending with Monzo - its a must for kids - nothing else like it out their for them!

[Jackcrwhitney (Jack)]

Hi @Shelle , This isn’t something hat can currently be done. I don’t know about any specific plans for this type of feature anytime soon but it has been mentioned previously on the forum by a number of people as a suggestion. I’ve linked you to two discussions about it previously. Maybe the posts within there will answer your question?

Under 18s accounts

Now that the current account is live, I tried to get my son signed up and get a place in the queue. He is 16 but I understood that the current account would be available to under 18 year olds. The sign up process still requires to be over 18, when will this change?

Supervised banking for kids (or adults who need to be reigned in )

Basically if you were to get a monzo account or pre paid for a kid (or spouse who spends too much ) a parental lock feature that lets you monitor their spending not in terms of viewing their transactions but setting a daily spend budgets. Also a request button if the kid (or significant other) wants to spend more then his/her daily allowance they can send a request to the parent phone where they can accept or decline the request. There’s probably loads of flaws to …

[JBirdV1 (Johnny Ellwood)]

Under 18 accounts are on the Trello board of things they are looking to implement, however it is on the long term list (more than 12 months away). That being said, Monzo have surprised us in the past with surprise appearances of requested features so fingers crossed.

The board for reference can be found here - https://trello.com/b/9tcaMB4w/monzo-transparent-product-roadmap