diff --git a/src.ts/utils/format.ts b/src.ts/utils/format.ts
index 9e65149945..7321567aaf 100644
--- a/src.ts/utils/format.ts
+++ b/src.ts/utils/format.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function formatNearAmount(balance: string, fracDigits: number = NEAR_NOMI
  */
 export function parseNearAmount(amt?: string): string | null {
     if (!amt) { return amt; }
-    amt = amt.trim();
+    amt = cleanupAmount(amt);
     const split = amt.split('.');
     const wholePart = split[0];
     const fracPart = split[1] || '';
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ export function parseNearAmount(amt?: string): string | null {
     return trimLeadingZeroes(wholePart + fracPart.padEnd(NEAR_NOMINATION_EXP, '0'));
 }
 
+function cleanupAmount(amount: string): string {
+    return amount.replace(/,/g, '').trim();
+}
+
 function trimTrailingZeroes(value: string): string {
     return value.replace(/\.?0*$/, '');
 }
diff --git a/test/utils/format.test.js b/test/utils/format.test.js
index 10f0e34166..1a008f9008 100644
--- a/test/utils/format.test.js
+++ b/test/utils/format.test.js
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ test('converting near to account balance units', async() => {
     expect(nearlib.utils.format.parseNearAmount('0.000001')).toEqual('1000000000000000000');
     expect(nearlib.utils.format.parseNearAmount('.000001')).toEqual('1000000000000000000');
     expect(nearlib.utils.format.parseNearAmount('000000.000001')).toEqual('1000000000000000000');
-  
+    expect(nearlib.utils.format.parseNearAmount('1,000,000.1')).toEqual('1000000100000000000000000000000');
+
     try  {
         // Too many decimals
         expect(nearlib.utils.format.parseNearAmount('0.0000080990999998370878871')).toFail();