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Open a Fidelity Youth™ Account for your teen, and $50¹ will be deposited into their account. No account fees or minimums.

Account Benefits:
  • Open a Fidelity Youth™ Account once they download the Fidelity Youth app and activate their Youth Account.
  • The app is free²—plus, no monthly fees or account minimums to open.³
  • Teens get their own debit card with no domestic ATM fees.⁴
  • Interactive lessons, video, articles, tools, and calculators help jumpstart your teen's financial education. Teens get reward dollars for every level they complete.
  • Learning to invest is easy. Teens can invest in stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs with as little as $1.⁵
  • Parents can keep an eye on their teen's spending, set up alerts, and maintain visibility into account and trading activity.
  • Teens are empowered to make, manage, and invest their own money so they feel more prepared for their financial future.
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Disclosures:
The Fidelity Youth Account can only be opened by a parent/guardian. Account eligibility limited to teens aged 13-17.

¹Limited Time Offer. Terms Apply. Before opening a Fidelity Youth Account, you should carefully read the accent agreement and ensure that you fully understand your responsibilities to monitor and supervise your teen's activity in the account.

²The Fidelity Youth™ app is free to download. Fees associated with your account positions or transacting in your account apply.

³ Zero account minimums and zero account fees apply to retail brokerage accounts only. Expenses charged by investments (e.g., funds, managed accounts, and certain HSAs) and commissions, interest charges, or other expenses for transactions may still apply. See Fidelity.com/commissions for further details.

⁴Your Youth Account will automatically be reimbursed for all ATM fees charged by other institutions while using the Fidelity® Debit Card at any ATM displaying the Visa®, Plus®, or Star® logos. The reimbursement will be credited to the account the same day the ATM fee is debited. Please note, for foreign transactions, there may be a 1% fee included in the amount charged to your account. The Fidelity® Debit Card is issued by PNC Bank, N.A, and the debit card program is administered by BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company. These entities are not affiliated with each other, and Fidelity is not affiliated with PNC Bank or BNY Mellon. Visa is a registered trademark of Visa International Service Association, and is used by PNC Bank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc.

⁵Fractional shares quantities can be entered out to 3 decimal places (.001) as long as the value of the order is at least $0.01. Dollar-based trades can be entered out to 2 decimal places (e.g. $250.00)

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For those interested

Note, offer valid for a limited time only or while promotion last

This may be useful for parents/guardians looking to jump-start their kids financial learning
  • Fidelity Offer: Parent/Guardian: Open a New Fidelity Youth Account for Your Teen Aged 13-17 & Receive Free $50 Reward Offer
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Introducing the Fidelity Youth Account. Accessible through the Fidelity Mobile App, the experience is customized for teens 13 to 17 to help them learn to save, spend, and invest.
For a limited time when you open a Fidelity Youth Account for your teen, they will get a $50 reward

Parent/guardian must have a Fidelity account first, so you can provide hands-on support, monitor their account, easily transfer money, and more. You can open accounts for yourself and your teen with no account fees or minimums.
  • Free Debit Card
    • Teens get a free debit card, with no subscription fees, no account fees, no minimum balances, and no domestic ATM fees
  • Save Early
    • Investing can help teens take advantage of compounding early to help them grow their money over time
  • Empowering teens with education
    • Teens can access a financial curriculum made just for them—so they can learn about saving, spending, investing, and more
  • Secure app
    • Teens can manage their money and invest using Fidelity's secure mobile app, plus link to payment apps like Venmo and PayPal.3
FAQ
  • Starting on January 24, 2022, when you (parent or guardian) initiate the opening of a new Youth Account and your teen (aged 13–17) downloads the Fidelity Mobile App and activates the new account, your teen will receive a $50 deposit as a reward
  • In order for your teen to receive the $50 reward offer, you (parent/guardian) must initiate the opening of a new Fidelity Youth Account through Fidelity.com/YouthAccount and your teen (aged 13–17) must download the Fidelity Mobile App and activate the new account on or after January 24, 2022
    • Parent/guardian must have their own Fidelity brokerage account to open an account for their teen.
    • Parent/guardian must initiate the application process and once completed, the teen will receive instructions on how to download the Fidelity Mobile App and activate their account.
    • No further investment or trading is required to qualify for the offer
    • Age of account applicant. Youth Accounts are only available for teens aged 13 to 17. If your teen is 18 or 19, they may apply for a different account type and/or offer instead
    • Limited to one offer per customer
    • Non-US residents are not eligible
  • The reward will be deposited directly to the eligible account within 10 calendar days after the teen has downloaded the Fidelity Mobile App and activated their account (which entails creating a username/password, and logging into the mobile app and accepting account agreements). Amounts deposited by Fidelity in the form of the reward will be initially held in the Fidelity Government Money Market Fund, the eligible account's core position.
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You need to upload copy of their SSN card and another form of ID at the end for verification.
"To open and monitor your teen's account, you'll need to open one for yourself first."
I don't have an account with them.

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yangzi
02-08-2023 at 12:37 PM.
02-08-2023 at 12:37 PM.
Quote from echip :
I could add fund, but I don't see the $50 bonus they promised. It has been more than a month.

Did your kid activate youth account through own Fidelity app? It took only 2 or 3 days since my son did that to receive $50 bonus.
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yangzi
02-08-2023 at 12:42 PM.
02-08-2023 at 12:42 PM.
Quote from CleverTeam7881 :
What is a good account for a 13 years old child

It seems like this Fidelity deal is a good one for 13 year old. My son is 14 and I opened Fidelity youth account for him. This is his first and only checking/saving account with debit card. He has received $50 bonus from Fidelity 2 or 3 days after he activated his youth account through Fidelity app. He also received debit card in mail although I haven't received my debit card from Fidelity deal in Black Friday deal yet.
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echip
02-08-2023 at 01:17 PM.
02-08-2023 at 01:17 PM.
Quote from yangzi :
Did your kid activate youth account through own Fidelity app? It took only 2 or 3 days since my son did that to receive $50 bonus.
Yes, activated Fidelity app about 3 weeks ago on my son's phone. After we logged on thru the App, there was a message appeared said will get $50 promo bonus. But so far it has been 3 weeks since., still no $50.
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yangzi
02-08-2023 at 04:05 PM.
02-08-2023 at 04:05 PM.
Quote from echip :
Yes, activated Fidelity app about 3 weeks ago on my son's phone. After we logged on thru the App, there was a message appeared said will get $50 promo bonus. But so far it has been 3 weeks since., still no $50.

Hmmm. Sounds like you need to call their customer service. I was surprised to see $50 bonus deposited to my son's youth account in a few days. It didn't take long.
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rkibbe
02-08-2023 at 10:54 PM.
02-08-2023 at 10:54 PM.
I just want to know if my teen can purchase futures, future options, and frontier market bonds. What about Forex and pink sheet stocks?

What teen should not active with options, particularly highly leveraged ones like futures options selling naked calls and creating straddles, strangles, butterfly spreads, iron condors, etc

😂 I jest but seriously, the confusion and misunderstanding in this thread is a great argument for teens to get an investment account and learn how it works. I set this up with my kids when they were quite young, and hopefully, they are getting the financial education I never got growing up - hard-learned lessons as an adult.



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keyang
02-09-2023 at 08:54 AM.
02-09-2023 at 08:54 AM.
My personal experiences with Fidelity have been bad. When my mother passed away a little over a year ago we had to begin settling her estate. She was into investing and had multiple brokerage accounts within Fidelity and at other brokerages. She had been a client of Fidelity for decades. Every brokerage (TRowe Price, Vanguard, Ascensus, etc) were efficient and courteous except for Fidelity. Every brokerage released her funds to the designated beneficiaries within 2 months of her passing after we filed the correct forms. Fidelity initially instructed us to fill out the incorrect forms and then sat around for months not replying to us. They also would not release the funds directly to a Special Needs Trust listed as the beneficiary set up for my disabled relative. Long story short over a year later, I've had to hire legal counsel to get her funds released. My recommendation would be to stay away from Fidelity or if you do deal with them get your funds out BEFORE you pass away. Fidelity will set up every roadblock they can to prevent the release of funds after you pass.
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ANT34569
02-10-2023 at 05:24 AM.
02-10-2023 at 05:24 AM.
Quote from yangzi :
Did you try to add funds to youth account directly through linked bank account in your Fidelity account? I found out first, I had to add funds to my Fidelity account from linked bank account, then transfer the funds to youth account from my Fidelity account after the funds cleared. It took about 3 business days to transfer money to youth account after I initiated bank transfer. I was not able to directly transfer money through my bank account to youth Fidelity account.

Yes, through a fidelity cash account. When I go to transfer money, the youth account is not one of the available options. Really not looking forward to calling.
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yangzi
02-10-2023 at 09:40 AM.
02-10-2023 at 09:40 AM.
Quote from ANT34569 :
Yes, through a fidelity cash account. When I go to transfer money, the youth account is not one of the available options. Really not looking forward to calling.

When I opened youth account for my son, his youth account was in my account after I linked his youth account but it took about a week for my son to receive "activate your youth account through app" email. Then, it took a while for me to realize I can not directly fund money through my bank into his youth account in my Fidelity account.
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R1one
02-10-2023 at 12:01 PM.
02-10-2023 at 12:01 PM.
Quote from anothauserhere :
Does the teens account have to be downloaded on a phone that has active service?
I had a problem with the app and a few questions while registering via his phone. We got distracted and close the app. open the app again and the registration button is no longer on the app. Had to call about the 4th time and finally had a rep to advise just register via www.fi [www.fifdelity]delity.com on the sign-in page. You will see the "Setup online Access Register now link"

So much easier to sign up this way without the extra question via the app. As soon as your son registers online, go ahead and download the app and log in from the link provided by fidelity via TXT. And yes he got the $50 just fine.
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TRUMP_XD
02-12-2023 at 07:40 PM.
02-12-2023 at 07:40 PM.
Lol. [They] really are trying hard to get younger kids involved w/their ponzi. Hard pass.
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02-14-2023 at 07:49 AM.
02-14-2023 at 07:49 AM.
Quote from billyloon :
529 plan
Roth IRA is better. Those contributions can grow tax-free, and you can take withdrawals up to the amount you've contributed without any taxes or penalties. Unlike a 529 plan, money in a Roth IRA won't count against financial aid eligibility.
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02-14-2023 at 08:02 AM.
02-14-2023 at 08:02 AM.
Quote from BrianJason :
Can anyone confirm that a social security card scan needs to be uploaded? that seems sus
Sus?

It's literally a legal requirement for banks to verify identity of the account holders. This is standard stuff.
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MrsSseezi
02-16-2023 at 12:00 AM.
02-16-2023 at 12:00 AM.
Quote from minion.me :
I was planning to open this account for my son but uploading copy of SSN, I will pass.

I believe you have to show SSN for any bank account. If it's uploading that bothers you look for a Fidelity brick and mortar
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minion.me
02-17-2023 at 09:13 AM.
02-17-2023 at 09:13 AM.
Quote :
Quote from MrsSseezi :
I believe you have to show SSN for any bank account. If it's uploading that bothers you look for a Fidelity brick and morta
I was bothered by the Fidelity customer support asking me to mail the copy of SSN in the paper form.
After couple months, I was talking to another Fidelity rep for my old 401k account and he mentioned there is no need to mail the SSN for youth account but it can be uploaded in the secure channel. I went ahead and opened the account.
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02-19-2023 at 07:07 PM.
02-19-2023 at 07:07 PM.
Quote from ANT34569 :
Yes, through a fidelity cash account. When I go to transfer money, the youth account is not one of the available options. Really not looking forward to calling.

You need to go to your funding accounts page and link the youth account from there. The site doesn't automatically give funding access to all accounts from your external funding account.
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