diff --git a/packages/account-sdk/src/interface/payment/utils/validation.test.ts b/packages/account-sdk/src/interface/payment/utils/validation.test.ts
index 6f5bb576..c79707ae 100644
--- a/packages/account-sdk/src/interface/payment/utils/validation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/account-sdk/src/interface/payment/utils/validation.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ describe('validateStringAmount', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('rejects malformed numeric strings that parseFloat would accept', () => {
+    const message = 'Invalid amount: must be a valid number';
+    const malformed = ['1abc', '1.2.3', '1foo', '1e6', '1.', '.', ''];
+    for (const value of malformed) {
+      expect(() => validateStringAmount(value, 6)).toThrow(message);
+    }
+  });
+
   it('should reject non-string amounts', () => {
     expect(() => validateStringAmount(10 as any, 6)).toThrow('Invalid amount: must be a string');
   });
diff --git a/packages/account-sdk/src/interface/payment/utils/validation.ts b/packages/account-sdk/src/interface/payment/utils/validation.ts
index c6e2ad7f..018da0fe 100644
--- a/packages/account-sdk/src/interface/payment/utils/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/account-sdk/src/interface/payment/utils/validation.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ export function validateStringAmount(amount: string, maxDecimals: number): void
     throw new Error('Invalid amount: must be a string');
   }
 
-  const numAmount = parseFloat(amount);
-
-  if (isNaN(numAmount)) {
+  // parseFloat is too lenient: it reads a leading numeric prefix and accepts values
+  // like "1abc", "1.2.3" or "1e6", which then fail later in parseUnits. Require a
+  // plain decimal string instead.
+  if (!/^-?\d+(\.\d+)?$/.test(amount)) {
     throw new Error('Invalid amount: must be a valid number');
   }
 
-  if (numAmount <= 0) {
+  if (Number(amount) <= 0) {
     throw new Error('Invalid amount: must be greater than 0');
   }