At the beginning of this year, we got a news story pointing out that Huawei could start offering its electronic payments service in Europe in the coming months. When 12 months have passed since that news, now is when the Asian company seems to has begun to take the first steps of expansion in Europe.
Russia has become the first country in the world, after China, to have at its disposal yet another new electronic payment method, in addition to Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay. The arrival of Huawei Pay to China marks the end of the exclusivity of this service in its native country, China and It is the beginning of expansion throughout the world.
Union Pay card users of Gazprombank and Russian Agricultural Bank are the two Russian banks that already offer compatibility with Huawei's electronic payment service directly through your compatible smartphones. It should not be surprising that Huawei has already taken the step, what does call it is that it has taken so long, since throughout this year it has managed to surpass Apple as the second manufacturer of smartphones in the world.
Huawei Pay is compatible with models:
- Huawei Mate 20
- Huawei Mate 20 Pro
- Huawei Mate 20RS Porsche Design,
- Huawei P20
- Huawei P20 Pro
- Huawei P10
- Huawei P10 Plus
- Honor 10
- Honor V10
- Honor 9
Huawei began offering its electronic payments service in China with Union Pay in August 2016. During these two years, both companies have worked hand in hand to increase their presence in other countries, with Russia being one of the largest markets where both companies are managing to grow very quickly.
