Banking apps and Google services are now available in Huawei and Samsung stores

Applications of Russian banks Sberbank Online, Alfa-Bank, Sovcombank, Otkritie Bank and VTB, which are not available in the AppStore and Google Play, were available for download in Huawei’s own application store, Vedomosti was convinced. In the Galaxy Store (owned by Samsung), all the above applications of banks, except for Sovcombank, were available. Xiaomi (Mi Store) does not have these programs, the employees of the publication were convinced.

Problems with the installation of banking applications began in the spring of 2022, when the United States imposed sanctions against the largest Russian banks. As a result, the mobile applications of Sberbank, VTB, Promsvyazbank (PSB), Sovcombank, FC Otkritie, and others were removed from the AppStore and Google Play. Since Google Play is basically the main app store for all Android devices, users most often download apps from it without checking their availability in alternative stores, explains Telecom Daily CEO Denis Kuskov.