Use Apple Cash Family on a family member’s Apple Watch
If you’re the organizer for a Family Sharing group, you can set up Apple Cash for the children and teens in your family group so they can make purchases, and send and receive money in Messages. You can even limit who your child can send money to, get notified when they make transactions, and lock their account.
For more information about system requirements and how to manage Apple Cash accounts, see the Apple Support article Set up and use Apple Cash Family.
Note: Apple Cash isn’t available in all regions and is supported on iPhone SE and iPhone 6 and later. See the iPhone User Guide for details on using Apple Pay and Apple Cash.
Set up Apple Cash Family
To set up Apple Cash Family, you must be the family organizer.
On your iPhone, go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing.
Tap Apple Cash, then do one of the following:
If there isn’t a child in your family group: Tap Create an Account for a Child, then follow the onscreen instructions.
If there is a child in your family group: Tap Set Up Apple Cash, tap the child’s name, then follow the onscreen instructions.
In the U.S., your family member can send and receive money in the Messages app and use Apple Pay for purchases.
Manage Apple Cash on a family member’s Apple Watch
Open the Wallet app on the iPhone used to manage the watch.
Tap your Apple Cash card, then tap
.Swipe up, then tap a name under Family.
Set up the following options:
Choose who your family member can send money to.
Choose to be notified when your family member makes a transaction.
Tap Send Money to add money to your family member’s balance.
To see a family member’s transactions, tap Transactions on this screen, or open the Wallet app on your iPhone, then tap your Apple Cash card. Your family member’s transactions appear under Latest Transactions and when you tap Transactions in [year].