How do you give money to kids? Where I live if you're under 18 you can't get any kind of bank card.
Re:A fake job offer gone wrong
by vladvasiliu on Saturday December 10, 2022 @09:17AM
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In France, when I was a kid, there were some cards you could get that are usually for kids. They actually belong to the parents, and are attached to their accounts. I think it's also fairly limited in what amount you can pay, and doesn't draw from the main account but needs to be "topped-up".
I've never had one, though, so I don't know the specifics.
Apparently, BNP Paribas (one of the major local banks) now has a "teen offer", for people 12-17 yo. This seems to still be attached to the parents' account with the same bank, but the kids get to "manage" the account.
Re:A fake job offer gone wrong
by scarface74 on Saturday December 10, 2022 @09:08AM
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My youngest (step)son had his own debit card through Bank of America when he was nine. We were on his account. He had his own login when he was 13.
I had a debit card when I was 14, but I think you can get one even sooner if your parents sign off in it. I think one of the reasons I didn't get a debit card sooner was because when I was a kid, cash was still relatively common (yes, I'm old - I remember using cash in Sweden!)
To clarify about the cashlessness of Sweden: cash still exists, and you can still get government printed bills, but many places have stopped accepting them, and these days whenever someone has non-foreign cash it becomes the topic of discussion: "why the hell do you have those?"
Honestly I don't know that they're useful for anything except donating to homeless(and even they usually have swish these days) or buying illegal drugs