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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
Composition of cash and cash equivalents |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
Cash and amounts due from banks |  | $ | 693,387 |  | $ | 933,050 |
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds |  | 605 |  | 3,526 |
Other short-term investments |  | 201,828 |  | 386,530 |
Total cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 895,820 |  | $ | 1,323,106 |
Schedule of short-term investments |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 257,473 |  | $ | 366,378 |
Average balance outstanding during the year |  | 334,049 |  | 242,937 |
Maximum balance outstanding at any month-end |  | 384,375 |  | 367,283 |
Weighted average interest rate at end of year |  | 3.23% |  | 2.64% |

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