Promissory Note

本票(Promissory Note

本票概述

  本票(Promissory Note)是一項書面的無條件的支付承諾,由一個人作成,並交給另一人,經制票人籤名承諾,即期或定期或在可以確定的將來時間,支付一定數目的金錢給一個特定的人或其指定人或來人。

  我國《票據法》對本票的定義,指的是銀行本票,指出票人籤發的,承諾自己在見票時無條件支付確定金額給收款人或者持票人票據

  國外票據法,允許企業和個人籤發本票,稱爲一般本票。但在國際貿易中使用的本票,均爲銀行本票銀行本票都是即期的。一般本票可以是即期的或遠期的。

  而狹義的外匯中的本票僅指銀行本票,不包括商業本票,個人本票

  本票出票人必須具有支付本票金額的可靠資金來源,並保證支付。

A written, dated and signed two-party instrument containing an unconditional promise by the maker to pay a definite sum of money to a payee on demand or at a specified future date.

The only difference between a promissory note and a bill of exchange is that the maker of a note pays the payee personally, rather than ordering a third party to do so.

When a bank is the maker promising to repay money it has received plus interest, the promissory note is called a certificate of deposit (CD).


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