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Cash and due from banks | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
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, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Unrestricted deposits with the Federal Reserve of the United States of America | 1,201,101 |  |  | 688,612 |  |  | 1,129,016 |
Cash and non-interest-bearing deposits in other banks | 3,507 |  |  | 4,331 |  |  | 8,078 |
Cash and interest-bearing deposits in other banks(1) | 48,444 |  |  | 170,869 |  |  | 41,076 |
Total cash and due from banks | 1,253,052 |  |  | 863,812 |  |  | 1,178,170 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits with original maturity over 90 days and other restricted deposits (1) | 42,051 |  |  | 17,804 |  |  | 18,452 |
Total cash and due from banks in the consolidated statement of cash flows | 1,211,001 |  |  | 846,008 |  |  | 1,159,718 |
The following table presents the pledged deposits classified by country risk:
| December 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Country: |  |  |  |  |
United States of America(1) | 12,615 |  |  | 11,515 |  |  | 5,645 |
Switzerland | 9,787 |  |  | 3,027 |  |  | 9,567 |
France | 4,790 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 1,770 |
Spain | 4,011 |  |  | 18 |  |  | — |
Netherlands | 3,870 |  |  | 334 |  |  | — |
Japan | 3,790 |  |  | 1,330 |  |  | 1,470 |
Mexico | 2,430 |  |  | 790 |  |  | — |
Germany | 449 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
United Kingdom | 309 |  |  | 130 |  |  | — |
Canada | — |  |  | 610 |  |  | — |
Total | 42,051 |  |  | 17,804 |  |  | 18,452 |
(1)Includes restricted deposit of $10.0 million for both years with the New York State Banking Department under March 1994 legislation and margin call deposits collateralizing derivative financial instrument transactions.

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