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Starling Bank: Kite Childrens Account reviews

Name: Kite Childrens Account
Rating: 4.94 (3120 reviews)

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4.94

Based on 3,120 reviews, last reviewed 26th Feb 2025

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Latest highest rating:

5

Excellent customer service. Excellent customer service. Excellent protection on childrens accounts, and debit and savings accounts. Reviewed on: 26th February 2025

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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About this product

Financial literacy starts from an early age, which is why Starling offers its childrens Kite card from the age of 6 to 16. Complete with a Kite debit card, dedicated app, and integration with an adult account, children can get spending savvy while adults set personalised safety controls. If you and your child have a Kite account, share your experiences below and leave a review.

Starling Bank Kite Childrens Account reviews (3120)

Review of the Starling Bank, Kite Childrens Account:

Contemporary money handling for kids

Our son manages his savings and expenses the same way adults do. He enjoys that and learns to manage money without dealing with coins and with our help. Reviewed on: 18th April 2024

Reply from Starling Bank Hi Andrey, We're happy to have you and your son with us, and know he's enjoying managing his money and expenses like an adult. We love that! Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us, Team Starling. Response date: 19th April 2024

The kids love it- so do we!

The kids love it- so do we! It’s a great way to introduce them to banking and saving. Reviewed on: 15th April 2024

The fun freedom your children need.

So easy, my son loves the freedom he is now given and it is so easy for people to now treat him by just being able to have a link to put money straight in his account. Me and my son are really enjoying this account. I have recommended it to lots of people. Reviewed on: 15th April 2024

Extremely useful and easy to use

I find the app extremely useful and easy to use.The fact I can track my child's spending on the go change limits if I am worried block things without having to question my child I can the check the app. It have given me the confidence and my child to be able to bank easily Reviewed on: 15th April 2024

Great bank easy to use, simple to open child account...

Great bank easy to use, simple to open child account and link to my own app. Reviewed on: 15th April 2024

Simple, effective, friendly team and secure

Simple, effective, friendly team and secure Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Easy to use, kids like it too

Easy to use, kids like using their app to check their balance and see how much they’ve saved. Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Very easy to set up and use.

Very easy to set up and use. Fantastic! Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

excellent service

Very helpful and always happy to help. Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Financial Education

We have 5 children and 4 of the have the kite. Its amazing. They can use their cards anywhere. I love the restrictions on age restricted items and I also love the verification notifications. They have full control over the amount they wish to spend and are very conscious of how much things are. So much so, they have even noticed the price hikes of their favourite sweets etc. They also think its astronomical Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Fast effective and great service

Fast effective and very easy to get an account set up. Very simple to use set and excellent service. Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

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