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Greenlight is a company that offers cards and app were purpose-built for families. Parents get the tools they need to manage their kids’ money and invest for their kids' futures. Kids get real-life lessons in earning, spending, saving, giving, and investing.

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Love this for my child!

Great introduction to the world of Debit Card for my son. He has learned how to save as well as setting short term goals & saving for it. I love it & would recommend it to anyone.

Great introduction to the world of…

There is no way to track the money deposited into the accounts from the parent's wallet. Wish they would fix this, as I want to be transparent with how much we put in the kids' accounts and when. 
Update: they called me and showed me where to find the funding history (which I did not know existed). Now, I can keep track of the money I put in my kids' accounts. Thank you!

Great customer service!

Nothing happened so far

Great tool to teach young kids about money and to be responsible. Love it don’t have to give them cash, I can download it to his card.

Great tool to teach young kids about…

My children have been learning about money and the importance of saving. Thank you.

My children have been learning about…

My son like it so I love it

Greenlight customer service has been amazing so far through email and phone. Through email they get back to you pretty fast with any concerns or issues you have about your child’s card, same goes with phone, I haven’t had to wait long for anyone to answer, and they’re always so polite and helpful. My children have had no problem using their Greenlight card online and offline.

Greenlight customer service has been amazing

Good platform. Maybe future versions simplifying navigating the app.

Finance learning for kids is important

This is an awesome tool for my son to learn to manage his own money, in a controlled environment!!! Love this!

Excellent!!!

It really sucks that the actual movement of money (coming out of my account) isn’t instantaneous and sometimes can take a few days. It will credit the child’s account instantly but might take 1-3 days for the money to actually come from your checking account. I feel that is a HUGE flaw.

NOT Instant Transfers

Great program for children. Except I think the monthly fee is kinda high. I think my credit union may offer a the same  program for children for free or less a month.

Great program for children

Called twice told to try 6 months free lady put me on hold for over 30 minutes and never got back.  Super frustrating customer service

Called twice told to try 6 months free…

Easy to use, and perfect for teaching responsibility.  Highly recommend!

Easy to use

Love it!! My kids love it too! But of course they do right!? It’s money!!

Love it!

This app has been great for our 13-year old. My only complaint is that it's a little tedious to add funds to her account.

This app has been great for our 13-year…

Greenlight is an easy way for my to get funds to my children if they are out with friends or an event with their sports and dance activities. It’s an awesome intro to teaching them how to manage money and how to prioritize wants vs. needs abs how to save for wants.

Great start to teaching financial literacy to kids!

Very nice

Service is very quick and simple

This app is amazing!! We use it daily and always have the kids doing chores to earn money. We love it!

This app is amazing!

This is the best way to do allowance. No money to loose. Cards are easily replaced if lost or stolen.

This is the best way to do allowance

I really love  Greenlight and my kiddos really love Greenlight  
Greenligh is a life saver for me and my family and my friends too

I really love  Greenlight and my kiddos…

I don’t like the monthly fee.

Very user friendly! Instant access. Amazing for Teenagers!!! Thanks so much

I love it!

It's a great way for kids to assume fiscal responsibility!

It's a great way for kids to assume…

Sounds like it’s a good app to have but GreenLight won’t let me set up my account! I’ve sent in my drivers license and utility bill for verification and they still can’t verify that I am me! Sounds like an issue with your system! This has been the WORST experience trying to create financial responsibility and security for my children. I’m truly glad others enjoy it. Any other children debit and chore card companies similar that I can try would be great if anyone has any!

WORST experience! The hassle of trying to create an account 🤦🏾‍♀️

Greenlight is fantastic! It allows me to send my teenage children on trips with school and friends and have peace of mind that they will always have access to money.  I also have gifted cards to my nieces and nephews. It allows me to send money to them instantly for holidays and birthdays!

Greenlight is fantastic!

My son has been happy using it for his investment

My son has been happy using it for his…

Outstanding

Awesome

Greenlight has been an awesome tool for our family. My son has been able to be in charge of earning his allowance and checking off chores. 
It has allowed him to be responsible for what needs to be done and the worth of it (or consequence of not doing a chore) as reflected in his allowance at the end of each week. 
He really enjoys being able to see his allowance go up each time he checks off a chore. He also loves his personalized GL card not only because it’s cool, but also because it gives him a little more independence. And finally, he really likes watching the interest he earns on money in his savings fund. 
All in all, Greenlight has been great for our family.

Greenlight has been an awesome tool for…

I love the concept, but I am struggling with paying $5 a month to pay my kid when I can just hand him cash without paying $60 a year.

good concept, too pricey

I Love Greenlight I use it for my Son and Grandchildren also my cousin im able to see everything they spend.

I Love Greenlight I use it for my Son…

This is a great tool to allow my kid to learn about earning and spending money. I highly recommend this to any parent with kids above the age of 8!

The perfect too to learn about money

I decided to get greenlight for both of my daughters.  Great decision I've made. Chores are now done more regularly.  If they need money in a hurry, it is extremely easy to transfer money.

I decided to get greenlight for both of…

It has been very helpful for my daughter so she can learn how to handle her money.
She enjoys using it with my guidance.

It has been very helpful for my…

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Greenlight has made sending my grandchildren money so much easier and it gives them a sense of responsibility because they can manage their own money. I would recommend Greenwich to anyone with children.

Greenlight makes sending easy

Easy to place on the app its self -

Overall a great way for my three kids to see how fast money comes & goes

Overall a great way for my three kids…

Fees are too high!Hard for kids to save.

Before I transfer money to my kids, we have a conversation about their stock investments. I love that they learn about spending, saving, and investing in such a practical way.

Learning about investing

The Greenlight card allowed me to have my child's picture on it and so it was very personalized! More importantly, she now better understands the process of money and balancing her spending and her savings. Thanks Greenlight!

A card with choices....

Realmente me encanta mi hija y nieta se sienten independientes y compran lo que desean y también ahorran para lo que desean luego.

Realmente me encanta mi hija y nieta se…

Greenlight is super easy.

I have put money in my account, got my kids accounts set up and after almost a year still have not received their cards.  I’ve talked to 4 different people, and 4 different times they have said they’re getting sent out and we never get them.  Starting to think it’s a scam.

Never received cards a year later

This a perfect first card for my teen. The app is very easy to use to keep track of her spended and for me to add funds as needed. The round up to savings is also a great feature.

This a perfect first card for my teen

It’s help a lot to me. I told my kids they have a Green Light debit card but in order to use they will do some housework then I’ll pay them a $1 everytime they do the task. Now wherever we go they never ask a money from me they just ask permission from me that they  will use their GL card to buy something. Kids can learn how to make money in early stage.

Learn how to make money

My daughter absolutely loves Greenlight. I like how i can view all of her activity and easily add funds to her account. I highly recommend.

My daughter absolutely loves…

I LOVE that I can send and watch my child spend and grow financially. this makes teaching financial literacy a piece of cake!

I LOVE that I can send and watch my…

Refund from parent wallet back to funding source

Outstanding Customer Service

It's great my daughter loves it and it's so convenient

It's great

This a great for my 13 year old, she shows independence and responsibility already with spending habits and no issues with transfers of funds ever.

This a great for my 13 year old

I love Greenlight! My kids get their chores done and now manage their own money! If they want to buy something they have to save up. It has freed me as their “loan officer”. :o)

I love Greenlight!

Greenlight works as expected. Fast and reliable way to get money to my kids when they're away from home.

Greenlight works as expected

It is amazing for my kids

Good way to send money to my children

I just love GL

Love this system! So easy! Great for teaching my son to be financially responsible.

Love this system

Awesome for all 3 of my kids!! When grandparents sent money I just move it straight across to the kids to spend as they want. They are also learning about saving :)

Awesome for all 3 of my kids!

This is a great product for kids to learn good financial habits.   It allows them to see their money from their phones and control where the money is being spent.  I use it for chores and allowance and it’s got this amazing feature that will remind my kids to do their chores when I setup a schedule.

This is a great product for kids!

Everything with Greenlight is really  good except when transferring money from  your  bank account  Greenlight  only allows $20.00 or higher

Change  settings  on money  deposit

Super easy to use, having availability to ATM or cash back would be awesome. Also, being able to send the money back to main account from parents wallet would be great.

Super easy to use

Green light is ok for me do not any issues with them. So they remain the best
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Green light is ok for me do not any…

Absolute nightmare to set up.

I was having a problem activating my Greenlight cards. The operator walked me through every step. 
Great customer service

I was having a problem activating my…activation

My son love's his card and it's so easy for me to pay him we both love it

My son love's his card and it's so easy…

When I signed my child up for Green light . I did not realize how many rules came with the use of the card. Like the ATM daily limit and limits on where and what she can purchase. It’s a little annoying especially considering there is a monthly fee. Realistically, she would have more benefits and a little more freedom if I gave her a cash app card. Also, that wouldn’t cost me anything and she would still be able to invest. 😬 I liked the concept of how the card allow the adult to prioritize spending for the child, chore allowance, etc. Which is why I joined. Customer service is also helpful. Overall, I have mixed feeling.

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Limited by guidelines. Unexpected fees and charge backs.

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Greenlight has a user friendly interface. It's wonderful to teach kids about finance with the tools that Greenlight has. My generation had to learn finances the hard way, so I am delighted that my children have this opportunity to learn in a safe and manageable way.

Greenlight has a user friendly…

Very user friendly.

I just wish there was the option to transfer money from child’s account to parent. My daughter wanted me to use her money but we needed my credit card. We were unable to transfer it to me.

I just wish there was the option to…

Great app for me and my grand kids

Trying to teach my granddaughters about finance’s being smart

Trying to teach my granddaughters about…

Easy to add kids allowance to every week. And they see exactly what they have to spend.

great for kids

Easy way to transfer money to your kids while at work.

Easy way to transfer money to your kids…

This is a great way to start your child making good money decisions. With cash he would spend it as soon as he gets it. With this card he saves money and we also have a savings account that he loves adding his money to.

Amazing Debit Card for kids

I like this card for my girls .It helps them to learn to safe and when to spend .thankyou

I like this card for my girls .It helps…

Greenlight has been awesome!  Perfect solution for my young teen.  My only recommendation is make it easier for others to send money to the kids for things like babysitting and gifts.

Greenlight has been awesome

I OPEN A GREENLIGHT ACCOUT SINCE 2020 IT NOW 2022 I STILL DID NOT GET A CARD. I CALLED GREEN LIGHT NUMORIOUS TIMES I ALWAYS GET THE SAME ANSWER "WE SORRY SIR WE WILL SEND YOU A NEW CARD" MEANWILE THE STILL CHARGE THE $4.99 PER MONTH SEE AN NO CARD. WHEN YOU CALL THE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING THERE THAT PUT YOU ON HOLD FOR  1/2 HR THEN TELL YOU SORRY YOU HAVE TO CALL BACK..

BY FAR WORSE EXPERIANCE. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY.

STAY AWAY FROM THEM

Excellent service!

My child doesn’t want to use the card because it’s embarrassing if it gets declined. He checks his balance before using it. If the card is not available for some reason ( the explanation made no sense) we should be notified

My child doesn’t want to use the card…

You don't make it easy for the funds that are put on the GL card easy to get off. The daily max amount should not be your decision if I'm teaching my child financial responsibility. That should be the parent's decision. The fact that you charge a fee for every transaction the ATMs are scarce and if I want to transfer money to my bank so my child can have funds you do so in multiple transactions charging multiple fees just like the banks. So what makes GL any different?  For this reason, "WHEN" another card for kids comes on the market with better options and less fees we will be switching.

Green Light needs to make some serious changes or continue to lose customers to your competitors

Great way to start teaching your kids about financial responsibilities. Teaching them to work hard on chores to earn money gives them a great start.

Great teaching tool

This is great for my kids to learn financial responsibilities. They know how much they can spend, how much they have in savings and they are even trying there hands at investing. Its an excellent tool for kids.

This is great for my kids to learn…

I generally love the card it has been a great help to me and my daughter

I generally love the card it has been a…

Love Greenlight, so easy to add money and track Spey and saving for the kids.

Love Greenlight

The application is good, however I do not like the fact that I cannot remove money from here if we're owed money by our children.  There needs to be a, way for parents to be able to extract money from this account because it causes us to feel trapped or I will have to look for other alternatives that will meet that goal.

The application is good

Love the easy loading  of the cards, but the customer service is lacking. They talk over you instead of listening.

Love the easy loading  of the cards

Someone at Starbucks stole the number  charged 300.00 at Home Depot.   Every charge on my nieces card comes to my email.  I called a soon as it popped up.
I called, got someone in a 3rd world country.  I could not understand them.  After finally getting a 
Number in Atlanta GA..next day.  Then it took 2 or 3 months to get my nieces money back. Also, their
System is confusing + hard to navigate.  This is coming from someone that took data processing in 1973..agree to below comment, YOU CANT STOP THE CHARGE, EVEN BEFORE IT BEING PROCESSED!!!

Someone at Starbucks stole the number…

Parents beware!  Unlike a regular credit card or debit card you can not stop any purchases. With any company if you dispute a charge right away the credit card will mark it and stop payment.  Not true with Greenlight.  Once a debit reports to the card it is done!  You can dispute after five days, but they will not stop payment on the order. It's better to work with a credit card company for a parent card for your youth.

Parents beware

Easy way to give my kids money and track their spending. 5.00 fee covers all kids.

Easy way to give my kids money and…

Not a good experience

I don't like having to pay the $9+ a month to have the card.

I don't like having to pay the $9+ a…

Greenlight card is the best thing ever for my children right now,  it help them manage their saving and learn how to use money wisely. I love it coz I can also see every activity they're doing and where they're shopping.

Greenlight card is the best thing ever…

Excelente aplicación, fácil de usar. Buena opción para tu adolescente.

Excelente aplicación

Ok, don't see why if I'm teaching my kid to save I have to be charged $5 a month

Ok card

I have all 3 of my children on this app. I love how it shows you where the money is being spent. Another great feature is being able to save and assign chores

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