It is a flexible, deep, and liquid market, permitting traders to construct interest rate positions for specific time periods in the future, and to create arbitrage positions
against other credit instruments.
In a consumer
credit sale, the seller may not take as evidence of the obligation of the buyer, a negotiable
instrument other than (1) a check; or (2) a promise or order containing a statement, required by applicable statutory or administrative law, to the effect that the rights of a holder or transferee are subject to claims or defenses that the issuer could assert
against the original payee.