diff --git a/ui/app/components/currency-display/currency-display.component.js b/ui/app/components/currency-display/currency-display.component.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1bb933d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/currency-display/currency-display.component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import React, { PureComponent } from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+
+export default class CurrencyDisplay extends PureComponent {
+  static propTypes = {
+    className: PropTypes.string,
+    displayValue: PropTypes.string,
+    prefix: PropTypes.string,
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    const { className, displayValue, prefix } = this.props
+    const text = `${prefix || ''}${displayValue}`
+
+    return (
+      <div
+        className={className}
+        title={text}
+      >
+        { text }
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/app/components/currency-display/currency-display.container.js b/ui/app/components/currency-display/currency-display.container.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b36bba52a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/currency-display/currency-display.container.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux'
+import CurrencyDisplay from './currency-display.component'
+import { getValueFromWeiHex, formatCurrency } from '../../helpers/confirm-transaction/util'
+import { ETH } from '../../constants/common'
+
+const mapStateToProps = (state, ownProps) => {
+  const { value, numberOfDecimals = 2, currency } = ownProps
+  const { metamask: { currentCurrency, conversionRate } } = state
+
+  const toCurrency = currency === ETH ? ETH : currentCurrency
+  const convertedValue = getValueFromWeiHex({ value, toCurrency, conversionRate, numberOfDecimals })
+  const formattedValue = formatCurrency(convertedValue, toCurrency)
+  const displayValue = `${formattedValue} ${toCurrency.toUpperCase()}`
+
+  return {
+    displayValue,
+  }
+}
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps)(CurrencyDisplay)
diff --git a/ui/app/components/currency-display/index.js b/ui/app/components/currency-display/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f08765f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/currency-display/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from './currency-display.container'
diff --git a/ui/app/components/currency-display/tests/currency-display.component.test.js b/ui/app/components/currency-display/tests/currency-display.component.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9ef052f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/currency-display/tests/currency-display.component.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import assert from 'assert'
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme'
+import CurrencyDisplay from '../currency-display.component'
+
+describe('CurrencyDisplay Component', () => {
+  it('should render text with a className', () => {
+    const wrapper = shallow(<CurrencyDisplay
+      displayValue="$123.45"
+      className="currency-display"
+    />)
+
+    assert.ok(wrapper.hasClass('currency-display'))
+    assert.equal(wrapper.text(), '$123.45')
+  })
+
+  it('should render text with a prefix', () => {
+    const wrapper = shallow(<CurrencyDisplay
+      displayValue="$123.45"
+      className="currency-display"
+      prefix="-"
+    />)
+
+    assert.ok(wrapper.hasClass('currency-display'))
+    assert.equal(wrapper.text(), '-$123.45')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui/app/components/currency-display/tests/currency-display.container.test.js b/ui/app/components/currency-display/tests/currency-display.container.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..474ce5378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/currency-display/tests/currency-display.container.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import assert from 'assert'
+import proxyquire from 'proxyquire'
+
+let mapStateToProps
+
+proxyquire('../currency-display.container.js', {
+  'react-redux': {
+    connect: ms => {
+      mapStateToProps = ms
+      return () => ({})
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+describe('CurrencyDisplay container', () => {
+  describe('mapStateToProps()', () => {
+    it('should return the correct props', () => {
+      const mockState = {
+        metamask: {
+          conversionRate: 280.45,
+          currentCurrency: 'usd',
+        },
+      }
+
+      const tests = [
+        {
+          props: {
+            value: '0x2386f26fc10000',
+            numberOfDecimals: 2,
+            currency: 'usd',
+          },
+          result: {
+            displayValue: '$2.80 USD',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          props: {
+            value: '0x2386f26fc10000',
+          },
+          result: {
+            displayValue: '$2.80 USD',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          props: {
+            value: '0x1193461d01595930',
+            currency: 'ETH',
+            numberOfDecimals: 3,
+          },
+          result: {
+            displayValue: '1.266 ETH',
+          },
+        },
+      ]
+
+      tests.forEach(({ props, result }) => {
+        assert.deepEqual(mapStateToProps(mockState, props), result)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui/app/components/token-currency-display/index.js b/ui/app/components/token-currency-display/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6065cae1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/token-currency-display/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from './token-currency-display.component'
diff --git a/ui/app/components/token-currency-display/token-currency-display.component.js b/ui/app/components/token-currency-display/token-currency-display.component.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e992442d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/token-currency-display/token-currency-display.component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import React, { PureComponent } from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import CurrencyDisplay from '../currency-display/currency-display.component'
+import { getTokenData } from '../../helpers/transactions.util'
+import { calcTokenAmount } from '../../token-util'
+
+export default class TokenCurrencyDisplayContainer extends PureComponent {
+  static propTypes = {
+    transactionData: PropTypes.string,
+    token: PropTypes.object,
+  }
+
+  state = {
+    displayValue: '',
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount () {
+    this.setDisplayValue()
+  }
+
+  componentDidUpdate (prevProps) {
+    const { transactionData } = this.props
+    const { transactionData: prevTransactionData } = prevProps
+
+    if (transactionData !== prevTransactionData) {
+      this.setDisplayValue()
+    }
+  }
+
+  setDisplayValue () {
+    const { transactionData: data, token } = this.props
+    const { decimals = '', symbol = '' } = token
+    const tokenData = getTokenData(data)
+
+    let displayValue
+
+    if (tokenData.params && tokenData.params.length === 2) {
+      const tokenValue = tokenData.params[1].value
+      const tokenAmount = calcTokenAmount(tokenValue, decimals)
+      displayValue = `${tokenAmount} ${symbol}`
+    }
+
+    this.setState({ displayValue })
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <CurrencyDisplay
+        {...this.props}
+        displayValue={this.state.displayValue}
+      />
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/tests/token-view-balance.component.test.js b/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/tests/token-view-balance.component.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..909b4dc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/tests/token-view-balance.component.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import assert from 'assert'
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme'
+import sinon from 'sinon'
+import TokenBalance from '../../token-balance'
+import CurrencyDisplay from '../../currency-display'
+import { SEND_ROUTE } from '../../../routes'
+import TokenViewBalance from '../token-view-balance.component'
+
+const propsMethodSpies = {
+  showDepositModal: sinon.spy(),
+}
+
+const historySpies = {
+  push: sinon.spy(),
+}
+
+const t = (str1, str2) => str2 ? str1 + str2 : str1
+
+describe('TokenViewBalance Component', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    propsMethodSpies.showDepositModal.resetHistory()
+    historySpies.push.resetHistory()
+  })
+
+  it('should render ETH balance properly', () => {
+    const wrapper = shallow(<TokenViewBalance
+      showDepositModal={propsMethodSpies.showDepositModal}
+      history={historySpies}
+      network="3"
+      ethBalance={123}
+      fiatBalance={456}
+      currentCurrency="usd"
+    />, { context: { t } })
+
+    assert.equal(wrapper.find('.token-view-balance').length, 1)
+    assert.equal(wrapper.find('.token-view-balance__button').length, 2)
+    assert.equal(wrapper.find(CurrencyDisplay).length, 2)
+
+    const buttons = wrapper.find('.token-view-balance__buttons')
+    assert.equal(propsMethodSpies.showDepositModal.callCount, 0)
+    buttons.childAt(0).simulate('click')
+    assert.equal(propsMethodSpies.showDepositModal.callCount, 1)
+    assert.equal(historySpies.push.callCount, 0)
+    buttons.childAt(1).simulate('click')
+    assert.equal(historySpies.push.callCount, 1)
+    assert.equal(historySpies.push.getCall(0).args[0], SEND_ROUTE)
+  })
+
+  it('should render token balance properly', () => {
+    const token = {
+      address: '0x35865238f0bec9d5ce6abff0fdaebe7b853dfcc5',
+      decimals: '2',
+      symbol: 'ABC',
+    }
+
+    const wrapper = shallow(<TokenViewBalance
+      showDepositModal={propsMethodSpies.showDepositModal}
+      history={historySpies}
+      network="3"
+      ethBalance={123}
+      fiatBalance={456}
+      currentCurrency="usd"
+      selectedToken={token}
+    />, { context: { t } })
+
+    assert.equal(wrapper.find('.token-view-balance').length, 1)
+    assert.equal(wrapper.find('.token-view-balance__button').length, 1)
+    assert.equal(wrapper.find(TokenBalance).length, 1)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/token-view-balance.component.js b/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/token-view-balance.component.js
index f74cc4926..89e9246e2 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/token-view-balance.component.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/token-view-balance.component.js
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import Button from '../button'
 import Identicon from '../identicon'
 import TokenBalance from '../token-balance'
+import CurrencyDisplay from '../currency-display'
 import { SEND_ROUTE } from '../../routes'
-import { formatCurrency } from '../../helpers/confirm-transaction/util'
+import { ETH } from '../../constants/common'
 
 export default class TokenViewBalance extends PureComponent {
   static contextTypes = {
@@ -16,14 +17,11 @@ export default class TokenViewBalance extends PureComponent {
     selectedToken: PropTypes.object,
     history: PropTypes.object,
     network: PropTypes.string,
-    ethBalance: PropTypes.string,
-    fiatBalance: PropTypes.string,
-    currentCurrency: PropTypes.string,
+    balance: PropTypes.string,
   }
 
   renderBalance () {
-    const { selectedToken, ethBalance, fiatBalance, currentCurrency } = this.props
-    const formattedFiatBalance = formatCurrency(fiatBalance, currentCurrency)
+    const { selectedToken, balance } = this.props
 
     return selectedToken
       ? (
@@ -34,12 +32,16 @@ export default class TokenViewBalance extends PureComponent {
         />
       ) : (
         <div className="token-view-balance__balance">
-          <div className="token-view-balance__primary-balance">
-            { `${ethBalance} ETH` }
-          </div>
-          <div className="token-view-balance__secondary-balance">
-            { formattedFiatBalance }
-          </div>
+          <CurrencyDisplay
+            className="token-view-balance__primary-balance"
+            value={balance}
+            currency={ETH}
+            numberOfDecimals={3}
+          />
+          <CurrencyDisplay
+            className="token-view-balance__secondary-balance"
+            value={balance}
+          />
         </div>
       )
   }
diff --git a/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/token-view-balance.container.js b/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/token-view-balance.container.js
index 692e6e32f..f6cdc30e1 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/token-view-balance.container.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/token-view-balance/token-view-balance.container.js
@@ -4,29 +4,17 @@ import { compose } from 'recompose'
 import TokenViewBalance from './token-view-balance.component'
 import { getSelectedToken, getSelectedAddress } from '../../selectors'
 import { showModal } from '../../actions'
-import { getValueFromWeiHex } from '../../helpers/confirm-transaction/util'
 
 const mapStateToProps = state => {
   const selectedAddress = getSelectedAddress(state)
-  const { metamask } = state
-  const { network, accounts, currentCurrency, conversionRate } = metamask
+  const { metamask: { network, accounts } } = state
   const account = accounts[selectedAddress]
-  const { balance: value } = account
-
-  const ethBalance = getValueFromWeiHex({
-    value, toCurrency: 'ETH', conversionRate, numberOfDecimals: 3,
-  })
-
-  const fiatBalance = getValueFromWeiHex({
-    value, toCurrency: currentCurrency, conversionRate, numberOfDecimals: 2,
-  })
+  const { balance } = account
 
   return {
     selectedToken: getSelectedToken(state),
     network,
-    ethBalance,
-    fiatBalance,
-    currentCurrency,
+    balance,
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/app/components/transaction-action/tests/transaction-action.component.test.js b/ui/app/components/transaction-action/tests/transaction-action.component.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bba997c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/transaction-action/tests/transaction-action.component.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import assert from 'assert'
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme'
+import TransactionAction from '../transaction-action.component'
+
+describe('TransactionAction Component', () => {
+  const tOrDefault = key => key
+
+  describe('Outgoing transaction', () => {
+    it('should render -- when methodData is still fetching', () => {
+      const methodData = { data: {}, done: false, error: null }
+      const transaction = {
+        id: 1,
+        status: 'confirmed',
+        submittedTime: 1534045442919,
+        time: 1534045440641,
+        txParams: {
+          from: '0xc5ae6383e126f901dcb06131d97a88745bfa88d6',
+          gas: '0x5208',
+          gasPrice: '0x3b9aca00',
+          nonce: '0x96',
+          to: '0x50a9d56c2b8ba9a5c7f2c08c3d26e0499f23a706',
+          value: '0x2386f26fc10000',
+        },
+      }
+
+      const wrapper = shallow(<TransactionAction
+        methodData={methodData}
+        transaction={transaction}
+        className="transaction-action"
+      />, { context: { tOrDefault }})
+
+      assert.equal(wrapper.find('.transaction-action').length, 1)
+      assert.equal(wrapper.text(), '--')
+    })
+
+    it('should render Outgoing', () => {
+      const methodData = { data: {}, done: true, error: null }
+      const transaction = {
+        id: 1,
+        status: 'confirmed',
+        submittedTime: 1534045442919,
+        time: 1534045440641,
+        txParams: {
+          from: '0xc5ae6383e126f901dcb06131d97a88745bfa88d6',
+          gas: '0x5208',
+          gasPrice: '0x3b9aca00',
+          nonce: '0x96',
+          to: '0x50a9d56c2b8ba9a5c7f2c08c3d26e0499f23a706',
+          value: '0x2386f26fc10000',
+        },
+      }
+
+      const wrapper = shallow(<TransactionAction
+        methodData={methodData}
+        transaction={transaction}
+        className="transaction-action"
+      />, { context: { tOrDefault }})
+
+      assert.equal(wrapper.find('.transaction-action').length, 1)
+      assert.equal(wrapper.text(), 'outgoing')
+    })
+
+    it('should render Approved', () => {
+      const methodData = {
+        data: {
+          name: 'Approve',
+          params: [
+            { type: 'address' },
+            { type: 'uint256' },
+          ],
+        },
+        done: true,
+        error: null,
+      }
+      const transaction = {
+        id: 1,
+        status: 'confirmed',
+        submittedTime: 1534045442919,
+        time: 1534045440641,
+        txParams: {
+          from: '0xc5ae6383e126f901dcb06131d97a88745bfa88d6',
+          gas: '0x5208',
+          gasPrice: '0x3b9aca00',
+          nonce: '0x96',
+          to: '0x50a9d56c2b8ba9a5c7f2c08c3d26e0499f23a706',
+          value: '0x2386f26fc10000',
+          data: '0x095ea7b300000000000000000000000050a9d56c2b8ba9a5c7f2c08c3d26e0499f23a7060000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003',
+        },
+      }
+
+      const wrapper = shallow(<TransactionAction
+        methodData={methodData}
+        transaction={transaction}
+        className="transaction-action"
+      />, { context: { tOrDefault }})
+
+      assert.equal(wrapper.find('.transaction-action').length, 1)
+      assert.equal(wrapper.text(), 'approve')
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui/app/components/transaction-list-item/transaction-list-item.component.js b/ui/app/components/transaction-list-item/transaction-list-item.component.js
index a47f29023..da1741731 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/transaction-list-item/transaction-list-item.component.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/transaction-list-item/transaction-list-item.component.js
@@ -3,21 +3,24 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import Identicon from '../identicon'
 import TransactionStatus from '../transaction-status'
 import TransactionAction from '../transaction-action'
+import CurrencyDisplay from '../currency-display'
+import TokenCurrencyDisplay from '../token-currency-display'
 import prefixForNetwork from '../../../lib/etherscan-prefix-for-network'
 import { CONFIRM_TRANSACTION_ROUTE } from '../../routes'
 import { UNAPPROVED_STATUS, TOKEN_METHOD_TRANSFER } from '../../constants/transactions'
+import { ETH } from '../../constants/common'
 
 export default class TransactionListItem extends PureComponent {
   static propTypes = {
     history: PropTypes.object,
     transaction: PropTypes.object,
-    ethTransactionAmount: PropTypes.string,
-    fiatDisplayValue: PropTypes.string,
+    value: PropTypes.string,
     methodData: PropTypes.object,
     showRetry: PropTypes.bool,
     retryTransaction: PropTypes.func,
     setSelectedToken: PropTypes.func,
     nonceAndDate: PropTypes.string,
+    token: PropTypes.object,
   }
 
   handleClick = () => {
@@ -55,18 +58,50 @@ export default class TransactionListItem extends PureComponent {
       .then(id => history.push(`${CONFIRM_TRANSACTION_ROUTE}/${id}`))
   }
 
+  renderPrimaryCurrency () {
+    const { token, transaction: { txParams: { data } = {} } = {}, value } = this.props
+
+    return token
+      ? (
+        <TokenCurrencyDisplay
+          className="transaction-list-item__amount transaction-list-item__amount--primary"
+          token={token}
+          transactionData={data}
+          prefix="-"
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <CurrencyDisplay
+          className="transaction-list-item__amount transaction-list-item__amount--primary"
+          value={value}
+          prefix="-"
+        />
+      )
+  }
+
+  renderSecondaryCurrency () {
+    const { token, value } = this.props
+
+    return token
+      ? null
+      : (
+        <CurrencyDisplay
+          className="transaction-list-item__amount transaction-list-item__amount--secondary"
+          prefix="-"
+          value={value}
+          numberOfDecimals={2}
+          currency={ETH}
+        />
+      )
+  }
+
   render () {
     const {
       transaction,
-      ethTransactionAmount,
-      fiatDisplayValue,
       methodData,
       showRetry,
       nonceAndDate,
     } = this.props
     const { txParams = {} } = transaction
-    const fiatDisplayText = `-${fiatDisplayValue}`
-    const ethDisplayText = ethTransactionAmount && `-${ethTransactionAmount} ETH`
 
     return (
       <div
@@ -94,18 +129,8 @@ export default class TransactionListItem extends PureComponent {
             className="transaction-list-item__status"
             status={transaction.status}
           />
-          <div
-            className="transaction-list-item__amount transaction-list-item__amount--primary"
-            title={fiatDisplayText}
-          >
-            { fiatDisplayText }
-          </div>
-          <div
-            className="transaction-list-item__amount transaction-list-item__amount--secondary"
-            title={ethDisplayText}
-          >
-            { ethDisplayText }
-          </div>
+          { this.renderPrimaryCurrency() }
+          { this.renderSecondaryCurrency() }
         </div>
         {
           showRetry && !methodData.isFetching && (
diff --git a/ui/app/components/transaction-list-item/transaction-list-item.container.js b/ui/app/components/transaction-list-item/transaction-list-item.container.js
index 209ddb9f6..47644241a 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/transaction-list-item/transaction-list-item.container.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/transaction-list-item/transaction-list-item.container.js
@@ -4,42 +4,16 @@ import { compose } from 'recompose'
 import withMethodData from '../../higher-order-components/with-method-data'
 import TransactionListItem from './transaction-list-item.component'
 import { setSelectedToken, retryTransaction } from '../../actions'
-import { getEthFromWeiHex, getValueFromWeiHex, hexToDecimal } from '../../helpers/conversions.util'
-import { getTokenData } from '../../helpers/transactions.util'
-import { formatCurrency } from '../../helpers/confirm-transaction/util'
-import { calcTokenAmount } from '../../token-util'
+import { hexToDecimal } from '../../helpers/conversions.util'
 import { formatDate } from '../../util'
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state, ownProps) => {
-  const { metamask } = state
-  const { currentCurrency, conversionRate } = metamask
-  const { transaction: { txParams: { value, data, nonce } = {}, time } = {}, token } = ownProps
-
-  let ethTransactionAmount, fiatDisplayValue
-
-  if (token) {
-    const { decimals = '', symbol = '' } = token
-    const tokenData = getTokenData(data)
-
-    if (tokenData.params && tokenData.params.length === 2) {
-      const tokenValue = tokenData.params[1].value
-      const tokenAmount = calcTokenAmount(tokenValue, decimals)
-      fiatDisplayValue = `${tokenAmount} ${symbol}`
-    }
-  } else {
-    ethTransactionAmount = getEthFromWeiHex({ value, conversionRate })
-    const fiatTransactionAmount = getValueFromWeiHex({
-      value, conversionRate, toCurrency: currentCurrency, numberOfDecimals: 2,
-    })
-    const fiatFormattedAmount = formatCurrency(fiatTransactionAmount, currentCurrency)
-    fiatDisplayValue = `${fiatFormattedAmount} ${currentCurrency.toUpperCase()}`
-  }
+  const { transaction: { txParams: { value, nonce } = {}, time } = {} } = ownProps
 
   const nonceAndDate = nonce ? `#${hexToDecimal(nonce)} - ${formatDate(time)}` : formatDate(time)
 
   return {
-    ethTransactionAmount,
-    fiatDisplayValue,
+    value,
     nonceAndDate,
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/constants/common.js b/ui/app/constants/common.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28731ce33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/constants/common.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const ETH = 'ETH'