diff --git a/apps/machine/src/services/lightning.ts b/apps/machine/src/services/lightning.ts
index a2e237f..c4f4d51 100644
--- a/apps/machine/src/services/lightning.ts
+++ b/apps/machine/src/services/lightning.ts
@@ -795,11 +795,19 @@ function createATMServices(
           source: 'bitspire',
           type: 'cash_out',
           txid: context.txid,
+          // `fiat_amount` is the customer's transaction value — the bills
+          // that physically went into (cash-in) or out of (cash-out) the
+          // machine via the validator/dispenser. Sourced from
+          // `context.fiatCents` directly; never re-derive downstream from
+          // sats × rate (those have rounding edges and assume commission
+          // lives in BTC, which is true today but is exactly the kind of
+          // invariant we don't want a consumer baking in).
+          fiat_amount: context.fiatCents / 100,
+          currency: context.currency,
           principal_sats: principalSats,
           fee_sats: feeSats,
           fee_percent: feePercent,
           exchange_rate: context.exchangeRate,
-          currency: context.currency,
           // bills/cassettes deferred — they're meaningful for cash-in
           // and for partial-dispense reconciliation, neither of which
           // is wired on the satmachineadmin side yet (#22, #3).