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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lauren Almeida and Kalyeena Makortoff

Barclays to buy GoHenry kids’ debit card and money app

GoHenry debit card for teenagers
About 500,000 children in the UK have GoHenry accounts. Photograph: Colin Ross

Barclays is to buy an app designed to help children understand and manage their money, as it targets young people in affluent families.

The high street bank has agreed to buy the UK business of GoHenry, which provides children with personalised debit cards carrying their name, from the US fintech company Acorns, which will retain GoHenry’s US branch.

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