When my youngest one (7) was born, the ZKB opened an account for him and gave him 20 Francs as a gift. Just like that. Without me having to do anything. I found that nice.

At about the age of 6, money started becoming an issue and in the course of my educational measures, he got a weekly pocket money of 2 Francs. It was funny at the beginning because he used to give the money away to his friends. I thought his generous manner impressive. However, then he noticed that I refused to buy him any sweets, he started to save the money, in order to have some money for “larger” expenses.Read More »