<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;recode.net&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;31&#x2F;top-paypal-executive-hill-ferguson-out-in-management-shakeup&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;recode.net&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;31&#x2F;top-paypal-executive-hill-fergu...</a><p>&gt; Hill Ferguson, a top executive and officer who was SVP of PayPal’s consumer business, has stepped down, he announced in a post on Facebook earlier today. Bill Ready, who was Ferguson’s counterpart for the merchant side of PayPal’s ecosystem, is gaining more control and will now run product and engineering for the entire company, a spokesman said in a statement.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zdnet.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;paypal-cto-james-barrese-resigns&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zdnet.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;paypal-cto-james-barrese-resign...</a><p>&gt; William Ready, the company&#x27;s Global Head of Product &amp; Engineering, will take over the &quot;payment services functions&quot; currently handled by Barrese,<p>Is it really that big a mystery what is happening?