Collaborative money tools for next gen.
As lead product designer for Cash App families, I collaborated with product, engineering, and data teams to give parents, teens, and kids access to financial tools — becoming the foundation for financial confidence.
Team
Cash App
Role
Lead Product Designer
Timeline
2025-2026
Cash App for Kids 6-12
Build financial confidence from the start through shared, hands-on experiences with money.
Family hub to kid's account
Problem & Opportunity
While the Lightning network can provide tremendous value of instant and free payments, the nature of Lightning invoices can be difficult to grasp for the every day Cash App customer.
Our goal was to remove the complexity and make it "just work".
The invoice
Most Lightning network invoices require an amount before being shared. We wanted to give the optionality to users by upping the expiration time.
This would simply allow someone to share a QR code or link for payment - the amount up to the payer.
Adding an amount for the payer through scanning or pay by link.
Share link to be paid
Paying via link
While not the norm, simply sharing a QR or link without an amount works just as well.
Optionality
By bending the rules of invoice expiration, the requester can choose to add an amount or simply let the payer choose the amount.
Web 0-invoice
Web custom amount