As you might remember, Bankaroo started as a family project in 2011. When Danielle first designed Bankaroo, she was 11 years old, and the service was aimed for 5 – 12 year old kids. Since then, it has grown into…
Thirteen may not be the luckiest of numbers but 2013 is certainly a pretty good year to get a good financial footing, in case you’re not much fussy about your finances. The American couples have been saving for 2 purposes,…
Every parent wants their child to succeed, to be comfortable, and some of how people define success and comfort is with financial security. Although there is nothing wrong with wanting your child to have enough, there are good reasons why…
Money might make the world go ‘round, as the saying goes, but people most certainly don’t approach finance in the same way around the globe. It’s a good idea to think about whether the way you are teaching your kids…
When kids are really young, their idea about how to get money is pretty simple, not to mention misguided: Run out of cash? No worries! Just go to the bank! Don’t have enough money to pay for something you want?…
As a parent or guardian, it’s the most natural thing in the world to want to give your child what you never had, to give them the best so that they can enjoy life. There comes a point, however, when…
Money makes the world go ‘round, or so the saying goes. In modern society, though, you have to tweak that saying a bit. It’s more like plastic makes the Earth keep rotating. With technology becoming more and more integrated into…
On any given day of the week, a person’s mailbox can be flooded with different offers for credit cards, loans and more. Each one has its own terms and conditions that people have to follow, but unfortunately, many individuals don’t…
In the money world, the term “financially literate”—or a related derivative—gets tossed around quite a bit. Not a whole lot of experts actually take the time to define exactly what financially literate means, leaving many statistics related to money habits…
By now, you should have a pretty good handle on the idea that kids and saving need to go together tighter than peanut butter and jelly. Of course, more than one way for kids to save is available. Two of…