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Deposits | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS |
Deposits | Deposits The following table presents the balances for deposits as of December 31, 2017 and 2016:
|  | December 31,
($ in thousands) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Core deposits: |  |  |  |
Noninterest-bearing demand |  | $ | 10,887,306 |  |  | $ | 10,183,946 |
Interest-bearing checking |  | 4,419,089 |  |  | 3,674,417 |
Money market |  | 8,359,425 |  |  | 8,174,854 |
Savings |  | 2,308,494 |  |  | 2,242,497 |
Total core deposits |  | 25,974,314 |  |  | 24,275,714 |
Time deposits: |  |  |  |
Less than $100,000 |  | 1,176,973 |  |  | 1,300,091 |
$100,000 or greater |  | 4,463,776 |  |  | 4,315,178 |
Total time deposits |  | 5,640,749 |  |  | 5,615,269 |
Total deposits |  | $ | 31,615,063 |  |  | $ | 29,890,983 |
Time deposits in the $100 thousand or greater category included $322.0 million and $219.7 million of deposits held by the Company’s branch in Hong Kong; and $507.1 million and $329.9 million of deposits held by the Company’s subsidiary bank in China as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The aggregate amount of domestic time deposits that meet or exceed the current FDIC insurance limit of $250,000 was $2.37 billion and $2.35 billion as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The aggregate amount of foreign office time deposits, including both Hong Kong and China that meet or exceed the current FDIC insurance limit of $250,000 was $814.6 million and $538.0 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The following table presents the scheduled maturities of time deposits for the five years succeeding December 31, 2017 and thereafter:
($ in thousands) |  | Amount
2018 |  | $ | 4,930,794 |
2019 |  | 394,274 |
2020 |  | 102,768 |
2021 |  | 86,308 |
2022 |  | 94,602 |
Thereafter |  | 32,003 |
Total |  | $ | 5,640,749 |

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