Losing a debit card is never fun. Neither is having a child go over a spending limit. Perhaps most frustrating is finding a lost debit card after going through the hassle of canceling and paying for a ...

Current announced today it has raised $5 million in Series A funding for its debit card aimed at kids that parents can control with an app. The company first introduced its Visa debit to the market in ...

Visa has partnered with payments startup Current and today the companies are launching a new "smart debit card" and iOS app that aim to give kids and parents more autonomy and security when it comes ...

With credit cards and digital wallets on smart devices it's easier than ever to go cashless. But there's one group that still relies on the cash economy – kids. To make it easier for parents who ...

A startup called Current is today launching a new way for parents to dole out allowances to their kids: with an app. The company offers a Visa debit card that would allow teenagers to shop in stores ...

Students across the U.S. head back to school this week, and most won’t be learning about financial literacy in their classrooms — a recent international survey found American teens are woefully ...

Ramit at I Will Teach You To Be Rich shares a system his friend uses to set a firm amount of discretionary spending each month and then not spend more. It's a take on the "cash in envelopes" system ...

It's been a banner year for credit card thieves. First came Target's announcement that up to 40 million cards had been compromised during the height of the holiday shopping season. Neiman Marcus was ...

Co-Op's Dean Michaels contends credit unions can battle fee hikes by scaling leverage. Scale can be a key factor in gaining leverage over payment processing charges, an advantage a credit union ...

The U.S. payment system has experienced some interesting developments in the last year. The settlements by the card associations with retailers in the so-called Wal-Mart case are the beginning of a ...