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Give Your Child a Jump Start in Financial Education!

Greenlight is the loved, trusted financial education app and debit card for kids and teens that allows parents to instantly send their kids money, set up chores and allowance, create savings goals, and more. Wildfire members get it for free* to teach their kids how to earn, save and spend responsibly! 

Benefits of Greenlight

Greenlight has earned 4.8 stars with more than 439,000 App Store reviews.

Parents

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Parents

  • Add up to 5 kids, each with their own debit card
  • Send money to a kid's card instantly
  • Set parental controls on spending categories
  • Turn a child's card on/off in one tap
  • Receive notifications whenever a child makes a purchase
  • Assign chores with allowance on auto-pay, and tie it to chore completion
  • Activate savings boosts like round-ups and parent paid interest
  • Facilitate discussions about smart money habits with their kids

Kids

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Kids

  • Earn 2% on savings**
  • Use their own debit card, anywhere Mastercard® is accepted
  • Set and achieve savings goals
  • Learn to be financially savvy with Greenlight’s financial literacy activities
  • Receive payments from friends and family with PayLink
  • Earn allowance for completing chores
  • Set up direct deposit, allowing teens to receive their paychecks directly in the GL spending account
  • Add your card to your phone’s mobile wallet

How to Open a Greenlight Account


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Step 1: Open Your Wildfire Account

If you aren’t a Wildfire member, join now so you can get Greenlight for free.
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Step 2: Sign Up for Greenlight

Visit Greenlight to sign up and add your Wildfire account as a funding source.
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Step 3: Sign In to the App

Kids and parents log in to the same Greenlight app but have two different experiences.

FAQs About Greenlight

Find answers to your questions so you can become a Greenlight expert.

Disclaimers:

The Greenlight Card is issued by Community Federal Savings Bank, member FDIC, pursuant to license by Mastercard International.

*Wildfire Credit Union members are eligible for the Greenlight SELECT plan at no cost when they connect their Wildfire Credit Union account as the Greenlight funding source. Subject to minimum balance requirements and identity verification. Upgrades will result in additional fees. See terms at greenlight.com/terms-of-service for details. Offer subject to change and partner participation.

**Greenlight select families can earn monthly rewards of 1% per annum on an average daily savings balance of up to $5,000 per family. To qualify, the Primary Account must be in Good Standing and have a verified ACH funding account. See Greenlight Terms of Service for details. Subject to change at any time.

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