Mayor Michael Bloomberg pointed to the need for a more customer-friendly approach by city agencies and customs officials as a way to lure more foreign tourists, many of whom are big spenders who bring a lot to the local economy.

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According to a Morgan Stanley report, Taobao was more customer focused and user friendly than eBay EachNet.

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While that may be good for the future of bitcoin, it alters the business model for payment processors like BitPay because they are forced to rely more on the Bitcoin-only processing spread which is justified by customer support and user-friendly plugins.

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