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Parent Company Financial Information - Condensed Income Statements (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]                      
Non-interest income $ 8,607us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 6,226us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 5,773us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 4,835us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 1,557us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 4,129us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 11,762us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 4,799us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 25,441us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 22,247us-gaap_NoninterestIncome $ 46,505us-gaap_NoninterestIncome
Expenses:                      
Interest expense 8,006us-gaap_InterestExpense 7,481us-gaap_InterestExpense 8,075us-gaap_InterestExpense 7,924us-gaap_InterestExpense 7,601us-gaap_InterestExpense 8,121us-gaap_InterestExpense 7,133us-gaap_InterestExpense 6,905us-gaap_InterestExpense 31,486us-gaap_InterestExpense 29,760us-gaap_InterestExpense 28,032us-gaap_InterestExpense
Non-interest expense 55,932us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 50,012us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 52,416us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 49,749us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 51,131us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 49,675us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 48,531us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 46,929us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 208,109us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 196,266us-gaap_NoninterestExpense 188,860us-gaap_NoninterestExpense
Income before income taxes and equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries 54,520us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 53,868us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 46,748us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 42,363us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 36,107us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 39,013us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 41,902us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 28,634us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 197,499us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 145,656us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 101,064us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax benefit (expense) (14,111)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (12,949)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (10,706)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (10,624)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (3,992)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (10,390)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (7,661)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (7,787)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (48,390)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (29,830)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (25,935)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income 40,409us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 40,919us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 35,538us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 31,085us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 31,414us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 28,594us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 34,072us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 20,885us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 147,951us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 114,965us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 72,639us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Dividends on preferred stock 329us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 353us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 352us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 353us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 352us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 352us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 353us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 353us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 1,387us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 1,410us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments 3,793us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments
Net income available to common shareholders 40,080us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 40,566us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 35,186us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 30,732us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 31,062us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 28,242us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 33,719us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 20,532us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 146,564us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 113,555us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 68,846us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Consolidated Company [Member]                      
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]                      
Dividends from subsidiaries                 67,515us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeDividend
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
71,529us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeDividend
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
18,499us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeDividend
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Interest income                 4,381us-gaap_InterestIncomeOther
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
2,847us-gaap_InterestIncomeOther
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
2,105us-gaap_InterestIncomeOther
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Non-interest income                 1,737us-gaap_NoninterestIncome
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
3,995us-gaap_NoninterestIncome
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
27,563us-gaap_NoninterestIncome
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Total income                 73,633us-gaap_Revenues
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
78,371us-gaap_Revenues
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
48,167us-gaap_Revenues
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Expenses:                      
Interest expense                 8,776us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
10,833us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
10,522us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Non-interest expense                 10,850us-gaap_NoninterestExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
32,001us-gaap_NoninterestExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
30,064us-gaap_NoninterestExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Total expense                 19,626us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
42,834us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
40,586us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Income before income taxes and equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries                 54,007us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
35,537us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
7,581us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Income tax benefit (expense)                 5,388us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
21,426us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
11,353us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Income before equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries                 59,395wal_IncomeBeforeEquityinUndistributedEarningsofSubsidiaries
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
56,963wal_IncomeBeforeEquityinUndistributedEarningsofSubsidiaries
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
18,934wal_IncomeBeforeEquityinUndistributedEarningsofSubsidiaries
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries                 88,556us-gaap_IncomeLossFromSubsidiariesNetOfTax
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
58,002us-gaap_IncomeLossFromSubsidiariesNetOfTax
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
53,705us-gaap_IncomeLossFromSubsidiariesNetOfTax
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Net income                 147,951us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
114,965us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
72,639us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Dividends on preferred stock                 1,387us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
1,410us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
3,793us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Net income available to common shareholders                 $ 146,564us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
$ 113,555us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
$ 68,846us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember