Greenlight is the money and safety app built with families in mind, and designed for kids of all ages. With Greenlight’s debit card and app, parents can pay allowance, assign chores, and help their kids learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest.

Greenlight through your Central Bank account is free!

Greenlight is bigger than a debit card. It’s an all-in-one money and safety app for families to learn to earn, save, and invest together.

• Greenlight parents can:
  • Transfer money instantly to your kids
  • Turn the card off via the app, if needed
  • Receive alerts whenever the card is used
  • Set store-level spend controls to help kids learn to budget
  • Automate allowance payments
  • Manage chores (and instantly reward a job well done)

Yes, you and your kid will need to download the Greenlight app. From there, kids and parents log in to the same Greenlight app but have two different experiences. Parents can send money, set flexible controls, and more. Kids learn how to manage their own money while staying safe and connected to the family.

Kids and teens can request and receive money instantly from you in their Greenlight app. They can also use their pay link to receive money from friends and family — with your approval on every payment. First job? Set up direct deposit to get paid into their Greenlight account.

• Bank Account: if you are prompted to verify your bank account when manually adding your funding source, you will receive 2 small deposits of $1.00 or less in your account within 1-2 business days. To verify your bank account as a funding source, you will need to input the 2 micro-deposit amounts into your Greenlight app when prompted to verify.
  
  
• If you do not see these deposits within 3 business days, please contact your banking service provider directly and have them take a look at the status of your bank account. Once you complete verification, the 2 micro-deposits will be removed from your bank account to offset the deposit amounts.
  
  
• Debit Card: Once you add your debit card as a funding source and make your initial funding load, you should see 2 transactions on your debit card that add up to the initial load amount. You will need to confirm these transactions within 3 business days in the Greenlight app to verify your debit card.
  
  
• If you do not see these transactions within 4 business days, please contact your banking service provider directly and have them take a look at the status of your bank account.

• When your child’s card arrives, follow these simple steps to activate it right away:
  1. Open your Greenlight app. From your Parent Dashboard, you should see a notification prompting you to activate your child’s card.
  2. Tap on the notification and input the card’s expiration date in the app to activate it.
  3. Next, visit your child’s dashboard by clicking their square at the top of your Parent Dashboard.

Select “Manage Card” then “Set debit card PIN.” After the PIN is set, your physical card is activated and ready to use!