Becoming an authorized user on someone else’s credit card can help you establish good credit. The process of removing an ...

The primary cardholder will be responsible for the charges made on an account that has an authorized user. Whether or not being an authorized user affects your credit (and how it affects it) depends ...

An authorized user can make charges on someone else's account but is not ultimately responsible for payment. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click ...

Credit card rewards belong to primary cardholders, even when authorized users earn them. Some issuers allow authorized users to redeem rewards but may require account manager designations. Setting ...

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Adding an authorized user to your credit card has benefits, including earning rewards from authorized user spending. But it can lead to confusion about whom those rewards belong to. Though credit card ...