Children may not be stashing coins in piggy banks for much longer; with the move towards a cashless society， pocket money is moving digital.

孩子们今后可能不会再把零花钱存在存钱罐里了。随着无现金社会的发展，零花钱也在数字化。

To reflect this trend， a flurry of mobile budgeting apps for children has sprung up worldwide： GoHenry， Osper and Gimi to name a few.

为了紧跟潮流，全球出现了多个儿童移动理财应用程序，比如GoHenry、Osper和Gimi，等等。

These apps offer a simple money management service for children， often for a monthly subscription fee paid by the parents. Parents can add money to childrens accounts， set limits and monitor transactions， while children can choose to save their money or spend it using a prepaid card that works like a debit card. The apps suggest minimum ages ranging from six to nine for the prepaid card.

这些应用程序为孩子们提供简单的理财服务，通常由父母每月支付费用。父母可以将钱存入孩子的账户，设定限额并监控交易，而孩子可以选择存钱或使用类似借记卡的预付卡消费。这些应用程序建议预付卡的最低使用年龄为6至9岁。

The companies behind the apps argue that in an increasingly cashless society， they can be a valuable way of teaching young children about money.

開发这些应用程序的公司称，在一个越来越无现金化的社会里，这些程序可以成为一种教育孩子理财的宝贵方式。

Two thirds of adults globally are financially illiterate， according to Standard & Poors Global Financial Literacy Survey， and one in four teenagers are unable to make even simple decisions on everyday spending.

根据标准普尔的全球金融素养调查，全球三分之二的成年人没有接受过金融教育，四分之一的青少年甚至无法对日常支出做出简单决定。

These apps aim to overcome this， claiming to teach children financial concepts， such as budgeting， interest rates and income.

这些应用旨在解决这一问题，声称能教会孩子们理财的概念，比如预算、利率和收入。

For instance， the Swedish app Gimi—with 1.2 million users globally—has virtual savings jars where children can deposit money; parents can pay children interest as they save; and there is a chores feature， where parents can pay children for completing household tasks.

例如，瑞典的应用程序Gimi在全球拥有120万用户，它拥有虚拟存钱罐，孩子们可以在里面存钱，父母可以给孩子支付储蓄利息。它还有一个“家务”功能，父母可以付钱让孩子完成家务。

“Cash was the best way to teach financial literacy because its so tangible and so easy to grasp，” Philip Haglund， CEO of Gimi， tells CNN Business. “Now money is being transferred through some kind of cyberspace， which is really abstract and hard for anyone to understand.”

Gimi的首席执行官菲利普·哈格伦德在接受美国有线新闻网商业频道采访时说：“现金是教授金融知识的最佳方式，因为它是有形的，容易掌握。现在，钱通过网络转账，这真的很抽象，人们都很难理解。”

Haglund believes the app can teach responsible spending habits， whereas schools tend to focus more on economic theory.

哈格伦德认为，这款应用可以教会学生负责任的消费习惯，而学校往往更关注经济理论。

“You dont become better at money management just because you have a degree in economics. Its more about the attitude and the relationship you have with parents money when youre 6 to 12 years old，” he says.

他說：“你不会因为拥有经济学学位就变得更擅长理财。……