Everyone loves Girl Scout cookies, but not everyone has money on hand when the opportunity to buy them arises. This troubles me deeply, as it no doubt troubles you. Fret no more, my friends, because some Girl Scout troops are rocking iPhones for the ultimate in cookie-purchase-fulfillment!

The Girl Scouts are turning 99 in March, and to help celebrate, Intuit has equipped the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio with its GoPayment app and credit card readers, a system that allows a person to accept credit card purchases via their iPhone. In addition, they've reduce the price of transaction fees, allowing the Girl Scouts to not only accept cash for the cookies, but also to take credit cards. This is a PR win for Intuit, obviously, but it's also a win for the girls trying to sell us cookies, and for those of us who want said cookies, but have just spent our last bit of cash on something that was not, sadly, a Girl Scout Cookie. I didn't know they'd be at the mall today!

"We've lost out on sales in the past because many potential cookie customers did not carry cash," said Marianne Love, director of business services for GSNEO. "But that’s all about to change with GoPayment. For the first time ever, we’ll be able to say yes to credit cards and process payments quickly right on our phones. And now that people can pay by credit card, it will make it easier to buy a bundle of cookies to donate to U.S. Troops overseas through our Gift of Caring service project called Operation: Sweet Appreciation."

Isn't that just about the tastiest news you've heard all day?

If you're in a Girl Scout troop and you want to sell your cookies using the future, Intuit has extended their generous offer to all Girl Scout councils across the country. Councils and/or troop leaders can get details from Intuit's GoPayment Girl Scout hotline by calling 1-800-871-3334.

[Business Wire]