Getting cash from a credit card is one way to ensure you have money when you need it, but requesting a cash advance at an ATM ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Jane Meacham has nearly 40 years' experience researching, writing, and editing financial ...

Hitting the ATM for cash and using a credit card is called a cash advance. It's one of those money moves that looks harmless on the surface, but ends up costing you an arm and a leg. Some people do ...