of Besançon in 1553. However, there exists notice of promissory notes being in used in Mediterranean commerce well before that date. In 2005, the Korean Ministry of Justice and a consortium of financial institutions announced the service of an electronic promissory note (eNote) service, after years of development, allowing entities to make promissory notes (notes payable) in business transactions digitally instead of on paper, for the first time in the world. In the United States, eNotes were made possible as a result of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act in 2000 and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA). An eNote must meet all the requirements to be a written promissory note. International law In 1930, under the League of Nations, a Convention providing a uniform law for bills of exchange and promissory notes was drafted and ratified by eighteen nations. Article 75 of the treaty stated that a promissory note shall contain: the term "promissory note" inserted in the body of the instrument and expressed in the language employed in drawing up the instrument an unconditional promise to pay a determinate sum of money; a statement of the time of payment; a statement of the place where payment is to be made; the name of the person to whom or to whose order payment is to be made; a statement of the date and of the place where the promissory note is issued; the signature of the person who issues the instrument (maker). Worldwide England and Wales United States In the United States, a promissory note that meets certain conditions is a negotiable instrument regulated by article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Negotiable promissory notes called mortgage notes are used extensively in combination with mortgages in the financing of real estate transactions. One prominent example is the Fannie Mae model standard form contract Multistate Fixed-Rate Note 3200, which is publicly available. Promissory notes, or commercial papers, are also issued to provide capital to businesses. However, Promissory Notes act as a source of Finance to the company's creditors. The various State law enactments of the Uniform Commercial Code define what is and what is not a promissory note, in section 3-104(d): Thus, a writing containing such a disclaimer removes such a writing from the definition of negotiable instrument, instead simply memorializing a contract. See also Bond (finance) Credit card Government bond Letter of credit Notes receivable Student