Fuel Cards vs Cash Advances: The Real Math

Discounts look great in the brochure. The hidden costs are in the broker advance fees and the float.

Every fuel card pitch leads with the discount per gallon. None of them lead with the float — the gap between when you swipe and when your account settles.

Cash advances from brokers carry a fee that looks small as a percentage and enormous as an annualized rate. We'll walk through the math.

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