Cash and Dividend Restrictions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Disclosure of Restrictions on Dividends, Loans and Advances Disclosure [Abstract]
Cash and Dividend Restrictions	Cash and Dividend Restrictions Cash WEX Bank is required to maintain reserves against certain customer deposits by keeping cash on hand or balances with the Federal Reserve Bank. The required amount of those reserves at December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $31,127 and $28,384, respectively. Dividends The Company has certain restrictions on the dividends it may pay under its revolving credit agreement. If the Company’s leverage ratio is higher than 1.75, after execution of a restricted payment, the Company may pay no more than $25,000 per annum for restricted payments, including dividends. The Company has not declared any dividends on its common stock since it commenced trading on the NYSE on February 16, 2005. Dividends paid by WEX Bank have provided a substantial part of the Company’s operating funds and for the foreseeable future it is anticipated that dividends paid by WEX Bank will continue to be a source of operating funds to the Company. Capital adequacy requirements serve to limit the amount of dividends that may be paid by WEX Bank. WEX Bank is chartered under the laws of the State of Utah and the FDIC insures its deposits. Under Utah law, WEX Bank may only pay a dividend out of net profits after it has (i) provided for all expenses, losses, interest and taxes accrued or due from WEX Bank and (ii) transferred to a surplus fund 10 percent of its net profits before dividends for the period covered by the dividend, until the surplus reaches 100 percent of its capital stock. For purposes of these Utah dividend limitations, WEX Bank’s capital stock is $5,250 and its capital surplus exceeds 100 percent of capital stock. Under FDIC regulations, WEX Bank may not pay any dividend if, following the payment of the dividend, WEX Bank would be “undercapitalized,” as defined under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and applicable regulations. The FDIC also has the authority to prohibit WEX Bank from engaging in business practices that the FDIC considers to be unsafe or unsound, which, depending on the financial condition of WEX Bank, could include the payment of dividends. WEX Bank complied with the aforementioned dividend restrictions for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012.

Cash and Dividend Restrictions

Cash

WEX Bank is required to maintain reserves against certain customer deposits by keeping cash on hand or balances with the Federal Reserve Bank. The required amount of those reserves at December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $31,127 and $28,384, respectively.

Dividends

The Company has certain restrictions on the dividends it may pay under its revolving credit agreement. If the Company’s leverage ratio is higher than 1.75, after execution of a restricted payment, the Company may pay no more than $25,000 per annum for restricted payments, including dividends. The Company has not declared any dividends on its common stock since it commenced trading on the NYSE on February 16, 2005.

Dividends paid by WEX Bank have provided a substantial part of the Company’s operating funds and for the foreseeable future it is anticipated that dividends paid by WEX Bank will continue to be a source of operating funds to the Company. Capital adequacy requirements serve to limit the amount of dividends that may be paid by WEX Bank. WEX Bank is chartered under the laws of the State of Utah and the FDIC insures its deposits. Under Utah law, WEX Bank may only pay a dividend out of net profits after it has (i) provided for all expenses, losses, interest and taxes accrued or due from WEX Bank and (ii) transferred to a surplus fund 10 percent of its net profits before dividends for the period covered by the dividend, until the surplus reaches 100 percent of its capital stock. For purposes of these Utah dividend limitations, WEX Bank’s capital stock is $5,250 and its capital surplus exceeds 100 percent of capital stock.

Under FDIC regulations, WEX Bank may not pay any dividend if, following the payment of the dividend, WEX Bank would be “undercapitalized,” as defined under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and applicable regulations. The FDIC also has the authority to prohibit WEX Bank from engaging in business practices that the FDIC considers to be unsafe or unsound, which, depending on the financial condition of WEX Bank, could include the payment of dividends.

WEX Bank complied with the aforementioned dividend restrictions for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012.