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Indykatie

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5. Authorized Users Get the Benefit of The Card Owner's Use That's Reported to Credit Bureaus

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Tue Mar 9, 2021, 07:16 PM

Mar 2021

As an authorized user this widow would have a credit history derived from being an authorized user. I always added my daughter and then granddaughters as authorized users on my cards to help them build their credit. They had 700+ credit scores before they even started working and applied for credit in their own names.

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How to Avoid a Credit-Card Surprise When a Spouse Dies [View all] question everything Mar 2021 OP

Yes, women need credit cards in their own name. True Blue American Mar 2021 #1

The surviving spouse can build credit and get a credit card pretty easily Shermann Mar 2021 #2

Ironically, I was on the 'other' side of it. MyOwnPeace Mar 2021 #3

What a story! And please accept my condolences. No one should be harassed like that question everything Mar 2021 #7

Well, THANK YOU! MyOwnPeace Mar 2021 #8

I suppose this is useful information ... Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #4

Authorized Users Get the Benefit of The Card Owner's Use That's Reported to Credit Bureaus Indykatie Mar 2021 #5

I will no longer use our AT&T Universal card because of this problem csziggy Mar 2021 #6