David Marcus

The president of PayPal has had it with employees who don't enthusiastically use the company's products. David Marcus sent a memo to employees working at PayPal's San Jose, Calif., headquarters yesterday, scolding them for not installing the company's app and forgetting their PayPal passwords. "It's been brought to my attention that when testing paying with mobile at Cafe 17 last week, some of you refused to install the PayPal app (!!?!?!!), and others didn't even remember their PayPal password. That's unacceptable to

PayPal efforts to process more mobile payments — online and in the real world — are gaining steam. Almost a year ago, the company unveiled PayPal Here, a small triangular device that plugs into smartphones to let small merchants accept credit and debit cards. The launch put PayPal in direct competition with start-up Square Inc and was a coming out party of sorts for David Marcus, the new president of PayPal.

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