A 14-year-old boy with some spare cash to spend. Like many children, he has a bank account, and with that account comes a bank card. In days gone by, its only use would have been to impress his mates by his ability to withdraw the odd fiver from a machine to go shopping on the High Street. But not today.
Once logged on to the internet, the debit card, handed out to young customers by all the major banks, means the users’ age becomes largely immaterial.
For starters, despite the worries surrounding the spate of teenage stabbings that has gripped the capital, in just a few clicks of the mouse, a fearsome-looking 12-inch kitchen knife can be bought from John Lewis, delivery by courier guaranteed for the next morning.
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