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Starling Bank: Under 16s card reviews

Name: Under 16s card
Rating: 4.890435867190187958 (3124 reviews)

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4.89

Based on 3,124 reviews, last reviewed 11th Jun 2026

200% increase in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

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Latest highest rating:

5

Simple, fast and flexible under 16 account setup So easy to set up an under 16 account and have all the fallibility age controls to manage the account alongside our son. Reviewed on: 11th June 2026

Latest lowest rating:

1

Software not working properly In spite of several calls to Customer Service, both my children's accounts are still not up and running properly which has wasted an enormous amount o... Read more Reviewed on: 25th April 2024

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Starling offer an under 16s account with an award-winning free debit card and app for 6–15 year olds.

You get instant phone notifications every time your child spends or receives money and you can set automatic top-ups. The Under 16s account is easy to set up from your Starling personal or joint account.

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Starling Bank Under 16s card reviews (3124)

Excellent Experience

Opening account was pretty straight forward with easy to follow instructions. The app is to navigate and always gives tips on getting more from it. The dispatch of cards was fast. Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

liberating, educational and easy to use

This has been liberating and easy. My children have a greater sense of financial independence and increasing understanding of financial responsibility and I can have overview of this too. It has enabled us to talk about money and how to budget. It was easy to set up and easy to monitor. A superb product! Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

Excellent kids banking

The app is easy to use and gives the children a real sense of responsibility for their money, which is a really important life skill for them to learn Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

Easy and safe accounts for kids

It has been super easy to set up, use and manage accounts for my children. I love how flexible it is to add money and toggle on or off spending limits and online purchasing. I can send them lunch money or approve a purchase and adjust as I go. They also love their accounts and the freedom and independence it gives them. As so much is online now it’s a good way to introduce money management in a safe way. Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

Perfect solution

Kite children's account are perfect for me to pass allow my 10 year old to have independence whilst being able to monitor her activity, she has gained a better value of money as a result. I fully intend to create another kite account when my son turns 6 Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

Starling - great for kids

I set up a space for both my kids. They love having their own bank cards and it encourages them to save money and spend more wisely. Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

Everyone’s happy

The children love having their own card however I think it’s great as a parent I can still see what they’re spending. The kite links are really good for birthday money from family they’re simple to use. The kite space is totally free unlike other apps like go Henry that charge you for using them. Overall this is an amazing product that really works Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

Excellent Service and card with flexibility

My four granddaughters all have Kite and they love it. Gives me visibility I need and flexibility to adapt their permissions based on their age Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

Great controls & reporting

Great controls over online & cash machines, and instant reporting of transactions, kids app so they can see what’s going on, too. Brilliant. Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

Love the kite card feature

Love the app, speed of use but most of all the kite card for my daughter to learn how to use Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

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