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Cash and due from banks | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Cash and due from banks |
Cash and due from banks | 8.Cash and due from banks The following table presents the details of interest-bearing deposits in banks and pledged deposits:
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Cash and due from banks |  | 4,331 |  | 8,078
Interest-bearing deposits in banks |  | 859,481 |  | 1,170,092
Total |  | 863,812 |  | 1,178,170
Less: |  |  |  |
Pledged deposits |  | 17,804 |  | 18,452
Total cash and cash equivalents |  | 846,008 |  | 1,159,718
|  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |
|  |  |  | Interest rate |  |  |  | Interest rate |
|  | Amount |  | range |  | Amount |  | range |
Interest-bearing deposits in banks: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Demand deposits (1) |  | 749,481 |  | 0.03% to 3.08% |  | 1,150,092 |  | 1.55% to 5.10% |
Time deposits |  | 110,000 |  | — |  | 20,000 |  | — |
Total |  | 859,481 |  |  |  | 1,170,092 |  |  |
Pledged deposits |  | 17,804 |  | 0.09% |  | 18,452 |  | 1.55% |
(1)Interest-bearing demand deposits based on daily rates determined by banks. In addition, rates of 3.08% and 5.10% correspond to a deposit placed in México.
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Country: |  |  |  |
United States of America (1) |  | 11,515 |  | 5,645
Switzerland |  | 3,027 |  | 9,567
Japan |  | 1,330 |  | 1,470
Mexico |  | 790 |  | —
Canada |  | 610 |  | —
Netherlands |  | 334 |  | —
United Kingdom |  | 130 |  | —
France |  | 50 |  | 1,770
Spain |  | 18 |  | —
Total |  | 17,804 |  | 18,452
| (1) |  | Includes pledged deposits of $10.0 million at December 31, 2020 and $3.5 million at December 31, 2019, with the New York State Banking Department under March 1994 legislation and deposits pledged to guarantee derivative financial instrument transactions.

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