Article preview: How do you pay pocket money to your children? Pocket money payments have undoubtedly changed a great deal in recent years, with a growing number of parents using electronic methods, instead of the traditional coins added to a piggy bank. New research has found that the pace at which pocket money is moving online has surged in the last year. The Halifax Pocket Money survey concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic has limited access to physical cash and resulted in kids opting for digital alternatives.