Biologically and socially, boys and girls are completely different creatures. This isn’t necessarily bad, but gender differences seep into financial situations, too. It can mean your child is at a financial disadvantage without strong guidance in areas of money. The…
Families from more than 30 countries are using bankaroo to teach their kids about money and making smart financial decisions. We are announcing a new project, “bankaroo in your language“, to localize the bankaroo application to as many languages as our community…
If you’re like most parents and caregivers, you’ve probably gone through the drive-thru once or twice, bought pop/soda at a gas station and even grabbed a quickie pre-made sandwich or Lunchable from your local grocery store. The thing all these…
It happens to the best of caregivers and parents: Your child sees something he wants in a store, you give him an initial no, and he starts throwing a tantrum that would make a banshee blush. In those moments, it’s…
We got feedback and requests from users that love the bankaroo way of teaching kids how to budget, but don’t want to use money. We created 3 new currencies you can use: points, stars and hearts. You can now give points…
Exciting day for the bankaroo team! Danielle just ‘graduated’ from Elementary School. So, how did we celebrate? Danielle presented bankaroo at the Venture Capital & Private Equity Roundtable in Palo Alto to a distinguished crowd of ~50 VCs and Private…
Back in the day, people could get a candy bar (a decently sized one, too) for $0.50 without a sale. They could get gas for under a $1 a gallon at one point, and bread and eggs were easy to…