Authorized User Will Change September 2007 for Credit Scoring System
September 2007 the credit scoring system is going to make a change that will affect 165 million people all at once. Who are these people? Answer – authorized users!
Fair Isaac is updating their software to eliminate the “authorized user” loophole that allowed people to piggy-back with someone who had good credit and increase their credit score 100 points in less than 30 days.
Fair Isaac estimates that there are 165 million “authorized users” and it will have a serious impact on credit scores when authorized users are virtually eliminated from the credit scoring model. Ms. Orman’s trick of adding a child to a credit card as an authorized user when they are young so that they have good credit when they are 18 is not going to work anymore!