I could be completely wrong, but this is most likely due to them wanting to get rid of the minimum spend charge on transactions.
I imagine if you only want to spend £1.50 on something then it will probably cost them more on their end. Now, if you can only spend £5.00 to top up your runestones, they’ll avoid some fees. Also the whole ‘ah I’m only 50 runestones away!!’ that’s mentioned in the article.
I could be completely wrong, but this is most likely due to them wanting to get rid of the minimum spend charge on transactions.
I imagine if you only want to spend £1.50 on something then it will probably cost them more on their end. Now, if you can only spend £5.00 to top up your runestones, they’ll avoid some fees. Also the whole ‘ah I’m only 50 runestones away!!’ that’s mentioned in the article.