Thursday, November 17 2022 11:39
Alina Hovhannisyan

Google pay and Google wallet available in Armenia

Google pay and Google wallet available in Armenia

ArmInfo. Last week, Google made Google pay and Google wallet available to Armenia and 15 other countries, Armenia's minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan wrote in a  Facebook post. 

The services were launched in Armenia due to the efforts of Hovik  Safoyan, founder SADA Systems, and Google staff members of Armenian  origin.   

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