Vena Solutions has hired Melissa Howatson as CFO. She replaces Darrell Cox who left in June after serving in the position since May 2014.

 QuickBooks Online Advanced now automatically recognized when it’s earned, Intuit said this week. That was one of the December enhancements announced regarding the broad QBO line.

 Revenue for Intuit’s QuickBooks Online grew by 28.7 percent for the first quarter ended October 30. That came as desktop QuickBooks revenue increase by a respectable 16.9 percent, the company reported this week,