How your banking will change when you turn 18

When you turn 18, certain aspects of your banking will change. Your guardians will no longer have access to your accounts and you will be personally responsible for your banking services. If your guardians opened an account or obtained a card or other banking services for you, you can continue to use them after you turn 18.

Key changes

  • Your parents’ right to manage your banking will end when you become an adult, as now you will be solely responsible for them.
  • Your parents’ right to use your accounts will be automatically removed. Your accounts will no longer be shown in your parents’ Nordea Mobile and Netbank.
  • If your guardian holds a card linked to your account, they will be able to use the card until it expires. However, once you’re 18, you can remove your parent’s right to use the card sooner or extend the card for a longer period.
  • If there are savings and investments in your name, you will gain access to them and your parents’ right to view and manage them will expire.

If you wish to extend your parents’ rights to manage your savings and investments, please contact our Customer Service. If you have Nordea access codes, you can restore your parents’ rights simply by calling us. If you don’t have access codes, you can book an appointment at one of our branches and handle the matter there.

What should you do before your child turns 18?

Your child is responsible for their personal banking services from the day they turn 18. You can make it easier for your child to do their banking by opening all the main banking services for them before they legally become an adult.

1. Make sure your child has the main banking services

You can open the main banking services for your underage child easily online:

  • current account and PerkAccount
  • Nordea Debit card
  • Access codes for online and mobile banking

Open banking services for your underage child online

2. Activation of e-identification at a branch

You can add e-identification, which is a form of strong electronic identification, to your child’s Netbank agreement. Your child will need the e-identification when they log in to a service provided by other parties, such as MyTax, MyKanta or My Studyinfo.

E-identification must always be activated at one of our branches.

Read our instructions for e-identification for underage customers

Benefits and services for young adults

  • Free daily banking services: When you’re 18 years old, you get an account, a Nordea Debit card and online access codes for Nordea Mobile and Netbank free of charge (normal price is 7.90 euros per month). When you’re 19 years old, you will continue to get daily banking services free of charge, provided that you use Nordea Mobile and have an account and a payment card with us.
  • Equity savings account free of charge: You get an equity savings account without the monthly custody fee (normal price is 2.45 euros per month). This benefit is available for customers under 30 years old.
  • Discount on home insurance: Nordea customers enjoy a 25% discount on new home insurance policies from If. Read more about If home insurance.

Continue to enjoy our young customer’s benefits when you’re 19–25 years old

Planning to study?

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If you’ve secured a place in a university, you can become a Nordea student customer and enjoy our valuable benefits.

Regular saving

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Saving monthly in an investment fund is an easy way to grow your wealth. You can get started with as little as 10 euros a month.

ASP saving

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Dreaming of owning your own home some day? ASP saving is a great way to save for your first home.

Tips for banking and managing your finances

Leaving home, starting your studies and taking care of your finances may be daunting. Our expert advisers share their tips on social media on how to do your daily banking and manage your finances.

Learn financial skills easily online

Watch our free financial skills videos in which we explain key financial terms and discuss saving and budgeting.

Watch our financial skills videos

Ask us on social media

We share practical tips on social media for planning your personal finances. Our Nordea_Aspa account is available to answer questions on Jodel from Monday to Friday. You can also find us on Instagram at @nordea_fi and on Snapchat at @nordeasuomi.