Runa reviewed its 2023 product developments in December, bringing together currency conversion, market expansion, catalogue additions and changes to its API and merchant approval process. The retrospective described capabilities released across the year rather than one simultaneous product launch.

The company highlighted Runa FX, which it said enabled real-time currency conversion around the clock within its platform. The review described international payouts in 19 currencies to recipients in 33 countries.

New markets named in the review included Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovakia, Singapore, Japan and Mexico. Runa connected that geographical expansion with the availability of local payout choices for international programmes.

The company reported adding 1,688 merchant options during the year, bringing the network total to 2,600. Categories included travel gift cards, cryptocurrency options and environmentally focused rewards. A Dots Eco partnership was described as allowing reward value to support conservation activity.

Runa also highlighted its Payout Link, through which recipients could choose how to redeem a reward. The feature complemented the larger catalogue by moving the selection decision from the business sending the payout to the person receiving it.

A revised brand approval process was another operational change. Runa said 90% of merchants on the network could be approved automatically using information already supplied, with status updates and saved details intended to reduce repeated administrative work.

The review reported 99.999% uptime, no timeouts and a 500-millisecond response-time figure for the new Runa API. These were the company's stated performance figures in the retrospective; the article did not specify the measurement window or establish a contractual service level.

Customer comments from Coincards, Each Person and Fluz connected the updates with gift card selection, international currency choices and programme expansion. Runa said it planned further country and network additions in 2024.