Runa has reported more than 100 new gift card partners alongside payout and platform changes in its third-quarter 2025 update. Published on October 2, the review includes EUR-to-EUR Pay to Card and additional control over how payout fees are allocated. [1]
Quarterly network additions and the controls around payouts
The preceding quarter supplies a relevant benchmark for the network update. Runa’s July 1 review also reported 100+ new merchants, including gaming, travel and retail examples. Its October 2 review uses 100+ partners for the third quarter. Both figures are lower-bound statements, so their equal displayed thresholds cannot establish a flat growth rate or identical sets of merchants. [S02] [1]
Runa reported a 100+ addition threshold in both Q2 and Q3 2025
Separate company reviews report 100+ new merchants in the second quarter and 100+ new partners in the third quarter.
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Bars show the stated 100+ thresholds, not exact counts. Equal bar heights do not establish unchanged activity. The posts use merchant and partner wording and provide examples rather than complete stable-ID lists; cross-market brand variants, removals and duplicate identities are not reconciled. These are additions reported for separate quarters, not total network size, recipients, gift-card sales or successful redemptions. They are not summed or subtracted to estimate activity in other periods.
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| Category | Published addition threshold |
|---|---|
| Q2 2025: 100+ new merchants | 100 reported additions |
| Q3 2025: 100+ new partners | 100 reported additions |
The EUR-to-EUR route joins the USD and GBP routes described in the update. Runa also introduced configurable handling of fixed transaction fees and foreign exchange percentage fees, allowing a sender to pass eligible Pay to Card costs to the recipient. [1]
The gift card additions span retail, entertainment, travel and wellness. Examples include Marks & Spencer in Ireland, Apple in Australia, Air Canada in Canada, GNC in the United States and Amobeleza in Brazil, alongside gaming and streaming options. [1]
Runa said it added foreign exchange estimates to the order-estimate process. Portal changes include quicker access to bank-transfer details and currency information in top-up PDF filenames. [1]
The ordering endpoint also gained an internal metadata field supporting up to 20 string key-value pairs. Runa says these references are returned when an order is queried and are not shown to recipients. [1]
The company presents the quarter’s changes as a combination of expanded reward choice and more useful administrative controls ahead of the final quarter of 2025. [1]
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Daniel Brooks
Daniel Brooks covers payment networks, financial technology, payment security, gift card fraud and PCI DSS for Gift Card News.