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CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS |
Summary of customer deposit account balances |
|  | December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Noninterest-bearing demand |  | $ | 3,492,795 |  | $ | 2,676,466 |
Interest-bearing checking |  |  | 971,179 |  |  | 757,446 |
Money market accounts |  |  | 4,678,409 |  |  | 4,457,376 |
Savings deposits |  |  | 1,164,618 |  |  | 984,518 |
Total core deposits |  |  | 10,307,001 |  |  | 8,875,806 |
Time deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less than $100,000 |  |  | 2,186,604 |  |  | 2,239,836 |
$100,000 or greater |  |  | 4,959,397 |  |  | 4,525,617 |
Total time deposits |  |  | 7,146,001 |  |  | 6,765,453 |
Total deposits |  | $ | 17,453,002 |  | $ | 15,641,259 |
Scheduled maturities of time deposits |
|  | $100,000 or Greater |  | Less Than $100,000 |  | Total |
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|  | (In thousands) |
2012 |  | $ | 4,241,832 |  | $ | 1,962,274 |  | $ | 6,204,106 |
2013 |  |  | 345,327 |  |  | 165,990 |  |  | 511,317 |
2014 |  |  | 101,042 |  |  | 6,648 |  |  | 107,690 |
2015 |  |  | 43,151 |  |  | 45,776 |  |  | 88,927 |
2016 |  |  | 73,520 |  |  | 5,908 |  |  | 79,428 |
Thereafter |  |  | 154,525 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 154,533 |
Total |  | $ | 4,959,397 |  | $ | 2,186,604 |  | $ | 7,146,001 |
Summary of interest expense on customer deposits by account type |
|  | December 31, |
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|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
|  |  |  | (In thousands) |  |  |
Interest-bearing checking |  | $ | 3,009 |  | $ | 2,349 |  | $ | 1,507 |
Money market accounts |  |  | 20,610 |  |  | 29,514 |  |  | 25,583 |
Savings deposits |  |  | 2,988 |  |  | 3,986 |  |  | 3,322 |
Time deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less than $100,000 |  |  | 29,329 |  |  | 34,958 |  |  | 32,073 |
$100,000 or greater |  |  | 51,174 |  |  | 45,930 |  |  | 66,992 |
Total |  | $ | 107,110 |  | $ | 116,737 |  | $ | 129,477 |

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