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Deposits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Deposits [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Deposits | Year-end deposits are summarized in the following table:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (in thousands)
Core deposits: |  |  |  |
Demand and other noninterest-bearing |  | $ | 1,156,610 |  |  | $ | 895,671 |
Interest-bearing demand |  | 735,340 |  |  | 672,307 |
Money market |  | 1,031,664 |  |  | 920,831 |
Savings |  | 283,416 |  |  | 210,995 |
Certificates of deposit less than $100,000 |  | 303,405 |  |  | 298,678 |
Total core deposits |  | 3,510,435 |  |  | 2,998,482 |
Certificates of deposit greater than $100,000 |  | 262,731 |  |  | 266,708 |
Certificates of deposit insured by CDARS® |  | 42,080 |  |  | 38,312 |
Wholesale certificates of deposit |  | — |  |  | 23,155 |
Subtotal |  | 3,815,246 |  |  | 3,326,657 |
Valuation adjustment resulting from acquisition accounting |  | 283 |  |  | 612 |
Total deposits |  | $ | 3,815,529 |  |  | $ | 3,327,269 |
Schedule Of Time Deposits Maturity | The following table shows the amount and maturity of time deposits that had balances of $100,000 or greater:
Years Ending December 31, |  | (in thousands)
2012 |  | $ | 233,819 |
2013 |  | 37,918 |
2014 |  | 10,112 |
2015 |  | 13,042 |
2016 |  | 7,777 |
Thereafter |  | 327 |
Total |  | $ | 302,995 |

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