Credit Card Glossary: Terms and Definitions
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Piggybacking

Piggybacking is the act of improving your credit score or rating by becoming an authorized user on someone else's credit card. By doing this, you receive all the benefits of having good credit without actually having built any of the credit yourself. It is most often used by parents with their children or with spouses. In recent years, the practice has become controversial because companies sprang up to act as middlemen, matching up strangers -- one with bad credit, one with good.