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Cash and due from banks | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Cash and due from banks |
Cash and due from banks | The following table presents the details of interest-bearing deposits in banks and restricted deposits:
| December 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  |
Unrestricted deposits with the Federal Reserve of the United States of America | 1,884,204 |  |  | 1,144,896 |  |  |
Cash and non-interest-bearing deposits in other banks | 3,349 |  |  | 7,886 |  |  |
Cash and interest-bearing deposits in other banks(1) | 159,899 |  |  | 88,804 |  |  |
Total cash and due from banks | 2,047,452 |  |  | 1,241,586 |  |  |
Less: |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits with original maturity over 90 days and other restricted deposits (1) | 60,384 |  |  | 50,650 |  |  |
Total cash and due from banks in the consolidated statement of cash flows | 1,987,068 |  |  | 1,190,936 |  |  |
The following table presents the restricted deposits classified by country risk:
| December 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  |
United States of America(1) | 20,700 |  |  | 11,387 |  |  |
Japan | 14,820 |  |  | — |  |  |
Switzerland | 13,747 |  |  | 16,797 |  |  |
Germany | 5,775 |  |  | 5,380 |  |  |
Canada | 5,342 |  |  | — |  |  |
Spain | — |  |  | 12,814 |  |  |
United Kingdom | — |  |  | 4,272 |  |  |
Total | 60,384 |  |  | 50,650 |  |  |
(1)As of December 31, 2023 includes restricted deposit of $18.0 million (December 31, 2022: $10.0 million) with the New York State Department of Financial Services under March 1994 legislation and margin call deposits collateralizing derivative financial instrument transactions.

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