Setting up an Automatic Allowance for Your Kids on WeChat

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A mere ten years ago, when our friends wanted to go to the movies after school we had to beg, grovel, and cry until our parents gave us money to buy a ticket and some popcorn. However, in today’s cashless society, with things like WeChat’s Relative Cards, children may never have the opportunity to experience that.

Instead of giving your children physical cash as an allowance, they can now receive an allowance straight on their phone that will replenish itself monthly, so you won’t have to worry about them having funds wherever they go, as well as being able to teach them how to budget.

The way to set up a Relative Card for your child or children is quite simple.

How to Set Up a Relative Card

Step 1:
Go to your WeChat profile page and click on “WeChat Pay”

Step 2:
After that, click on your Wallet

Step 3:
Once you open up your Wallet, click on the tab that says “Relative Cards”

Step 4:
You will then see the option to gift a Parent-Child Relative Card by clicking on the orange button that says “Send”

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Step 5:
Once you do so, you will see three types of Relative Card options; Father, Mother, Child

Step 6:
Once you select the type of Relative Card you would like to create, you will be asked to set a monthly limit for the recipient. The limit you set will renew every month and caps at RMB3,000

Step 7:
After you set the monthly limit, confirm by entering your payment password

Step 8:
After it’s confirmed, the card will be available for use and all your child will need to do is open up their chat log with you and accept the Relative Card.

This article appeared in the beijingkids 2020 March - April issue

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