Greenlight
The debit card for kids. The #1 family finance and safety app.

Greenlight is a debit card and mobile app designed for kids and teens, with parental oversight tools for money management, saving, and investing. It combines financial education features with family safety tools like location sharing and driving alerts. The platform serves over 6 million parents and kids across multiple subscription tiers.
Parents load money onto a Greenlight debit card for their child and use the companion app to set spending controls, track location, monitor savings, and introduce investing concepts.
Parents of children and teenagers
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- subscription
- Company
- Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc.
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