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Spending Limits | TEOLOGU Youth
Spending Limits

Set boundaries around spending.

Spending Limits gives young people and their families simple tools to manage how money can be spent. Create appropriate limits, understand available spending capacity and adjust controls as financial independence develops. Set a limit. Stay aware. Spend with confidence.

9:41
This week
Your limits
64%
€154 of €240
Card spending
€154
Contactless
€44
Online payments
€34
Cash withdrawals
€8
01 — Control your spending

Put clear boundaries around everyday money.

Set limits that help manage spending across the Youth experience. Depending on the account and applicable permissions, limits can be applied across several areas.

Seven limits · one view Arc length = limit size · fill = used
TOTAL LIMITS €620 7 active
Overall card spending€24064%
Daily spending€6071%
Online payments€8042%
Contactless payments€5088%
Cash withdrawals€4020%
Specific categories€12055%
Other payment types€3033%
Overall card spending
Daily spending
Online payments
Contactless payments
Cash withdrawals
Specific spending categories
Other supported payment types
02 — For Under 18

Support their independence with appropriate controls.

Parents and guardians can use spending controls to help introduce financial independence gradually. Set appropriate boundaries while allowing young people to make everyday spending decisions within those boundaries. Controls and permissions can vary according to age, account structure and applicable requirements.

Support→ Set boundaries→ Give independence
What unlocks as the account holder gets older Parent control decreasing left to right
Basic card spending Available · age 8+

A single weekly cap set by a parent or guardian. Everything else stays supervised.

Contactless and daily limits Available · age 11+

Separate daily and contactless ceilings, so spending can be shaped more precisely.

Online payments Limited · age 14+

Opened only when needed, usually on request and still subject to a parent-set ceiling.

Self-managed limits Parent approval · age 16+

Oversight moves to reviewing rather than setting — the young person adjusts within an agreed range.

Parent-set Shared Limited access Self-managed
03 — For students

More independence. More control.

Student Accounts are designed around a more independent financial experience. Students can use spending tools to understand and manage their own spending, helping them stay within the limits they set for themselves where the feature is available.

Weekly spend against a self-set limit · 12 weeks Shaded bands mark weeks over the limit
SELF-SET LIMIT · €60 / WEEK W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 €80 €60 €40 €20 €0
Self-set weekly limit
€60
Adjusted twice during the term
Weeks within limit
9 of 12
Breaches were short and small
Largest breach
+ €24
Week 6 — a one-off cost
Average weekly spend
€54
€6 under the limit on average
04 — Category limits

Give different types of spending different boundaries.

Where supported, create limits for specific types of spending. Rather than one overall cap, each category can carry its own ceiling — so a tight food budget does not have to restrict transport.

Category spend over six months · stacked Combined ceiling €120 / month
COMBINED CEILING · €120 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Food
Manage everyday food spending
€44 / mo
Entertainment
Keep discretionary spending within a chosen amount
€26 / mo
Transport
An appropriate budget for getting around
€22 / mo
Online spending
Control online card payments
€18 / mo
Subscriptions
Keep recurring commitments visible and manageable
€10 / mo
05 — Temporary limits

Limits can change when life changes.

Not every week looks the same. Allow appropriate limits to be adjusted when circumstances change — whether that means a school trip, holiday, university event or another temporary need.

Set→ Adjust→ Continue
When each limit was raised · January to June Standard level resumes automatically
Overall card spending €240 → €320
+€80 · 3 weeks
Contactless payments €50 → €75
+€25 · 2 weeks
Transport category €22 → €60
+€38 · 4 weeks
Online payments €80 → €120
+€40 · 10 days
JanFebMarAprMayJun
06 — Card controls

More than just a spending amount.

Spending Limits can work alongside Youth Card controls to provide a broader level of protection and management. Depending on the card and account, controls can include freeze and unfreeze, online payments, contactless payments and cash withdrawals.

Which controls are available on which account Default state shown
Under 18parent-set Studentself-set Freeze & unfreeze Enabled Enabled Online payments Restricted Enabled Contactless payments Enabled Enabled Cash withdrawals Approval Enabled
Freeze & unfreeze
Under 18 · parent-set Enabled
Student · self-set Enabled
Online payments
Under 18 · parent-set Restricted
Student · self-set Enabled
Contactless payments
Under 18 · parent-set Enabled
Student · self-set Enabled
Cash withdrawals
Under 18 · parent-set Approval
Student · self-set Enabled
07 — Know your available spending

Make your limits easy to understand.

See how much spending capacity remains within an applicable limit. This gives young people a clearer relationship between spending and available money.

Daily spending against a €15 daily limit · 14 days Reset every day at 00:00
DAILY LIMIT €15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 €20 €15 €10 €5 €0 today
Limit amount
€15.00
Per day, resetting at 00:00
Spent today
€6.40
Two payments so far
Remaining today
€8.60
Available until midnight
Days over limit
3 of 14
All by €10 or less
Reset period
Daily
Next reset in 11 hours
Category
Overall
Applies to all card spending
08 — Connected to Spending Insights

Understand what happened. Decide what comes next.

Spending Insights helps you understand your financial activity. Spending Limits helps you manage future spending. Together they close the loop between looking back and deciding forward.

See→ Understand→ Set→ Spend→ Review
Which insight points to which limit action Stronger link = darker cell
Adjust overallcap Set dailyceiling Restrictonline Cap bycategory Temporaryraise Frequent small payments Recurring subscriptions One-off large purchase Spending creep over time Category out of proportion
No clear link Weak Moderate Direct
Frequent small payments
Adjust overall cap
Set daily ceiling
Restrict online
Cap by category
Temporary raise
Strongest link: daily ceiling
Recurring subscriptions
Adjust overall cap
Set daily ceiling
Restrict online
Cap by category
Temporary raise
Strongest link: cap by category
One-off large purchase
Adjust overall cap
Set daily ceiling
Restrict online
Cap by category
Temporary raise
Strongest link: temporary raise
Spending creep over time
Adjust overall cap
Set daily ceiling
Restrict online
Cap by category
Temporary raise
Strongest link: adjust overall cap
Category out of proportion
Adjust overall cap
Set daily ceiling
Restrict online
Cap by category
Temporary raise
Strongest link: cap by category
Legend
No clear link
Weak
Moderate
Direct
09 — Learn through real experience

Turn boundaries into financial habits.

Spending Limits can work alongside Learning Alpha, helping young people understand concepts such as budgeting, planning, prioritisation and responsible spending through their own financial experience. The goal is not simply to restrict spending — it is to help young people learn how to manage money independently.

Weekly spending spread · before and after three months of limits Same account · same term
Before no limits After 3 months Weekly spend range €42 → €21 Days over budget range 8 → 3 days Unplanned spend range €96 → €58 Box = middle 50% of weeks · vertical line = median · whiskers = full range
Before limits — wide spread, higher median, more outliers After three months — narrower spread, lower median, fewer days over
Weekly spend
Before limits€42 range
minmedianmax
After three months€21 range
minmedianmax
Days over budget
Before limits8 days range
minmedianmax
After three months3 days range
minmedianmax
Unplanned spend
Before limits€96 range
minmedianmax
After three months€58 range
minmedianmax

Budgeting

A limit is a budget you can actually see, in an amount that has to last a set period.

Planning

Knowing what resets and when changes the way a week gets organised.

Prioritisation

When the ceiling is fixed, choosing between two purchases becomes a real decision.

Responsible spending

Staying inside a limit is a habit built by repetition, not by instruction.

10 — Growing with you

Controls that evolve as independence grows.

A younger user may need stronger parental involvement and simpler limits. An older teenager or student may need greater control over their own finances. TEOLOGU's Youth experience can evolve as the relationship between the young person, their money and their family changes.

Share of limit decisions made by the young person Three stages · nested
FILLED = SELF-DIRECTED child → teenager → student
Child
Limits set entirely by a parent or guardian. The young person sees them but does not change them.
25%
Teenager
Limits adjusted together, within an agreed range. Oversight moves from setting to reviewing.
55%
Student
Limits set and changed independently, with visibility only where appropriate.
85%
Child

Simpler limits

One or two ceilings, set by a parent. The point is familiarity, not freedom.

Limits active1–2
Teenager

Shared decisions

More limits, more categories, and the first real say in what the numbers are.

Limits active3–5
Student

Self-managed

Full control of every limit, with insights replacing supervision.

Limits active6–7

Important information

Spending Limits is part of the TEOLOGU Youth product vision and may be introduced progressively.

Spending Limits is a money-management feature. It restricts how much can be spent on the card and does not provide credit, an overdraft or a guarantee that a payment will be declined in every circumstance. Individual merchants and payment types may not always respect a limit, and some authorisations can settle at a different amount.

Availability of limit types, category limits, temporary limits, card controls and self-managed limits may vary by country, the account holder's age, account structure and supported providers. The controls available to a parent or guardian depend on the account type, the account holder's age and applicable law.

Learning Alpha content is general financial education and does not constitute financial, investment, tax or legal advice. Examples and figures shown on this page are illustrative. Where required, services may be provided through appropriately authorised entities or partners.

Spend with confidence.

Give young people the tools to understand their boundaries and gradually build financial independence.

Set a limit. Stay aware. Spend with confidence.

Spending Limits is part of the TEOLOGU Youth experience — clear boundaries around everyday money, with controls that evolve as independence grows.