How do I manage my child’s account permissions?

Account permissions help you decide how your child uses their Greenlight account—from how they move money, share savings goals, and use features like Paylink. You can review and update these settings anytime in the app!

Account permissions help you decide how your child uses their Greenlight account and you can manage these settings to provide guidance along the way! 

There are several different permissions you can turn on or off for your child’s Greenlight account:

• Shareable savings goals: Enable the ability for your child to share their savings goals to allow external contributions 
• Referral: This allows your child to send referral links to friends and earn cash rewards
• Transfer out of savings: This allows your child to move their money out of their savings without your approval
• Transfer between siblings: This allows your child to send money to other children on your Greenlight account
• Paylink: This allows your child to receive paylink transfers and share their paylink with others for contributions

How can I manage their account permissions?

You can manage your child’s account permissions by following the steps below:

1. Select your child’s profile from your Home dashboard
2. Tap on the “Profile” button 
3. Tap on “Permissions” 
4. Toggle on or off their permissions

For help managing an older adult’s card permissions, check out this article instead!