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While traditional banks have long offered basic savings accounts to children, fintechs say they have spotted an opportunity to offer better, slicker apps to tech-savvy kids and teenagers, who they say have been under-served. It rivals similar products from gohenry and Monzo in Britain while in the U.

The companies say they aim to give children a taste of financial freedom and education, while letting parents track and block spending. They hope to capitalise on the digital payment and ecommerce boom, and hold on to new customers into adulthood. Companies must also be careful in keeping data secure and ensure children and parents understand what they are giving consent to, Kocianski said.

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This boosts the appeal of new apps targeted at those too young for popular apps but old enough to spend money. Analysts and investors question whether the youth market is getting overcrowded, given youngsters are not cash-rich.

UK-based gohenry, which was founded 8 years ago, offers accounts for children charging parents 2. For neobanks like Starling, where children and teen accounts are an added product line, analysts see the service as a way to generate additional revenue.

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Apps solely focused on the younger demographic may find it tougher. She declined to disclose figures, Dlgital products like Kite are part of its strategy to reach profitability by the end of Teenagers and children may not have much disposable income, but startups are banking on their growing spending power.

San Francisco-based Step, which hopes to build a bank for the Wprld generation, plans to initially make money through card interchange and then offer more financial products as customers grow older. Ben Galbraith, a Palo Alto-based father of eight, has used Step with his five older kids for the past 10 months. He used to keep track of allowances, spending and frequently lost cards with a spreadsheet. As an added perk she can use Step to ask her siblings to pay her back any money they owe her.]