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CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS |
CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS | NOTE 12 — CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS Customer deposit account balances are summarized as follows:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (In thousands)
Noninterest-bearing demand |  | $ | 7,381,030 |  |  | $ | 5,821,899 |
Interest-bearing checking |  | 2,545,618 |  |  | 1,749,479 |
Money market accounts |  | 6,318,120 |  |  | 5,653,412 |
Savings deposits |  | 1,651,267 |  |  | 1,363,780 |
Total core deposits |  | 17,896,035 |  |  | 14,588,570 |
Time deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |
Less than $100,000 |  | 1,662,046 |  |  | 1,678,850 |
$100,000 or greater |  | 4,450,693 |  |  | 4,145,498 |
Total time deposits |  | 6,112,739 |  |  | 5,824,348 |
Total deposits |  | $ | 24,008,774 |  |  | $ | 20,412,918 |
T ime deposits in the $100 thousand or greater category include d $133.3 million and $169.7 million of deposits held by the Company’s foreign branch located in Hong Kong as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of December 31, 2014, the scheduled maturities of time deposits are as follows:
|  | $100,000 or Greater |  | Less Than $100,000 |  | Total
|  | (In thousands)
2015 |  | $ | 3,513,958 |  |  | $ | 1,397,648 |  |  | $ | 4,911,606 |
2016 |  | 318,791 |  |  | 164,061 |  |  | 482,852 |
2017 |  | 189,195 |  |  | 44,944 |  |  | 234,139 |
2018 |  | 168,252 |  |  | 34,579 |  |  | 202,831 |
2019 |  | 142,492 |  |  | 20,782 |  |  | 163,274 |
Thereafter |  | 118,005 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 118,037 |
Total |  | $ | 4,450,693 |  |  | $ | 1,662,046 |  |  | $ | 6,112,739 |
As of December 31, 2014, time deposits within the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (“CDARS”) program decreased to $180.0 million, compared to $203.3 million at December 31, 2013. The CDARS program allows customers with deposits in excess of FDIC-insured limits to obtain full coverage on time deposits through a network of banks within the CDARS program. Additionally, the Company has partnered with another financial institution and offers a retail sweep product for non-time deposit accounts to provide added deposit insurance coverage for deposits in excess of FDIC-insured limits. Deposits gathered through these programs are considered brokered deposits under current regulatory reporting guidelines.

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