Runa reported adding more than 600 merchants to its gift card network during 2025 in a December 5 progress review that also covered prepaid cards, Pay to Card and payout administration. The company said customers had sent millions of payouts to recipients in 48 countries, with supermarkets, restaurants, travel, entertainment and home-related merchants among its leading categories. [1]
Quarterly network additions within the December progress review
The quarter-by-quarter disclosures add detail to the December headline: the July 1 review reported 100+ new merchants in Q2, while the October 2 review reported 100+ new partners in Q3. These are two reported quarterly thresholds within 2025. The December total of more than 600 is a separate year-to-date statement, and the sources do not support subtracting the rounded thresholds to calculate additions in the other quarters. [S02] [S03]
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 from the December 600+ year-to-date claim to estimate other quarters.
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| Category | Published addition threshold |
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| Q2 2025: 100+ new merchants | 100 reported additions |
| Q3 2025: 100+ new partners | 100 reported additions |
The update highlighted its launch in India, with local payout choices including Flipkart, Myntra and BigBasket. Runa described that expansion as part of its gift card network rather than treating the whole Indian market as company transaction volume. [1]
Runa also reviewed changes to Pay to Card and the introduction of reloadable virtual prepaid cards. It said repeat payout tokenisation could avoid recipients entering card details again, while reloadable cards supported recurring funding. [1]
For businesses distributing gift cards, the company described Runa Shop as a way to create a branded marketplace without building the storefront from scratch. Its December account referenced access to more than 5,000 gift cards through that offering. [1]
Other changes included translation across recipient journeys, low-balance notifications, foreign exchange estimates within ordering and self-service virtual account options. Runa also described order metadata and its Runa Assure fraud-detection infrastructure. [1]
The company claimed that customers collectively saved more than $2 million in monthly foreign exchange fees through Runa FX. That was a company-reported monthly saving claim in the December update, not an audited annual total or revenue figure. [1]
The article combined progress reported by December 5 with plans for further prepaid development in 2026. It did not represent a complete financial statement for the calendar year. [1]
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