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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Amortization of other intangible assets $ 1,013,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets $ 1,163,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Community banking    
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Goodwill increase or decrease in the period 16,700,000us-gaap_GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wtfc_CommunityBankingMember
 
Community banking | Core deposit intangibles    
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Amortization period in years, core deposit intangibles 10 years  
Specialty finance    
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Goodwill increase or decrease in the period $ 2,200,000us-gaap_GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wtfc_SpecialtyFinanceMember
 
Specialty finance | Customer list intangibles    
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Amortization period in years, core deposit intangibles 18 years  
Wealth management | Customer list intangibles    
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Amortization period in years, core deposit intangibles 10 years