(a) In addition to the provisions of article one, chapter thirty-nine-a of this code, this section applies to transferable records in a consumer transaction.
(b) If payment is made to a person indicated to be in control of a transferable record, as described in section sixteen, article one of this chapter, by a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interest in the transferable records, then the obligor is discharged to the extent of the payment as permitted by article three, chapter forty-six of this code.