Gabriela Walsh is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® and a personal finance editor at Red Ventures. Her previous work experience includes various editorial positions at FinanceBuzz. She ...

Authorized users can hurt your credit score if they don’t treat your credit with respect. Create strict guidelines on card usage before offering to make someone an authorized user. Check your ...

Adding or removing an authorized user from a credit card account usually only takes a quick phone call or online login, but it might be a good idea to let authorized users know before removing them.

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 ...

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 ...

Parents who want to help jumpstart their kid's credit score and credit history can take one fairly easy step, money experts say: Add your child as an authorized user to your credit card account. The ...

The Platinum Card® from American Express provides excellent value — and many of these perks don't have to be limited to the primary cardholder. That's because you have two options for sharing your ...

Your whole family can enjoy the perks of being an AmEx Platinum cardholder ... but it does come with a fee. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click ...