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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Details 3) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2010
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Foreign exchange options      
Derivatives      
Term of contract 5 years    
Interest rate swaps and caps      
Derivatives      
Notional amount of derivative assets   $ 2,600,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_InterestRateSwapAndCapMember
$ 2,450,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_InterestRateSwapAndCapMember
Notional amount of derivative liabilities   2,600,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_InterestRateSwapAndCapMember
2,400,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_InterestRateSwapAndCapMember
Short-term foreign exchange contracts      
Derivatives      
Notional Amount   1,040,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_ShortTermForeignExchangeMember
680,600,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_ShortTermForeignExchangeMember
Fair value of derivative asset   13,300,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_ShortTermForeignExchangeMember
8,100,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_ShortTermForeignExchangeMember
Fair value of derivative liability   $ 13,100,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_ShortTermForeignExchangeMember
$ 9,200,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= ewbc_ShortTermForeignExchangeMember