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IG

Regulated
Bermuda
Since 1974
Last Updated:

Trading Conditions

Min Deposit:
N/A
Max Leverage:
200
Account Types
  • Standard CFD account
  • Limited risk account
  • MT4 CFD account
  • MT5 CFD
  • Forex Direct
  • Corporate account
  • Joint account

Official website

Homepage of ig.com as we captured it

ig.com

Online · checked Oct 22, 2026

8 pages archived · Oct 22, 2026

Also on our record

  • iggroup.com

Funding Methods

6 methods

Debit Card (Visa, MasterCard)

debit card
Up to 5 days
Fee:Not recorded
Fee:Not recorded

Credit Card (Visa)

credit card
Up to 5 days
Fee:1%
Fee:Not recorded

Credit Card (MasterCard)

credit card
Up to 5 days
Fee:0.5%
Fee:Not recorded

Bank transfer (HSBC Hong Kong or Standard Chartered Singapore)

bank transfer
Up to 3 days
Fee:Not recorded
Fee:Not recorded

HKD FPS

bank transfer
Up to 1 day
Fee:Not recorded
Fee:Not recorded

Wise (formerly TransferWise)

e wallet
Not recorded
Fee:Not recorded
Fee:Not recorded

Trust rating

Good

75 out of 100 · 96% checked

It holds a valid FCA 195355 licence and 10 more, and our investigation found it appears legitimate.

We checked IG on 2026-10-22 across its regulation, company record, client terms, trading offer and service, and could verify 96% of its record. Its strongest valid licence is FCA 195355, with 10 more valid. The score of 75 is what the checked record adds up to; nothing held it down. What would move the score: withdrawal rails, all-in eurusd cost, wikilix community. Our published investigation found it appears legitimate, with 27.9 years of track record. Its client terms carry moderate risk, with 2 critical clauses. Trading EURUSD costs about 6.9 pips all-in, spread and commission together.

Score last calculated 2026/10/22

Regulatory Licenses

Regulatory Licenses:
Tier 1
Australia flag
Market Making(MM)
Regulated
ASIC | Australia
Regulatory Licenses:
Tier 1
United Kingdom flag
Market Making(MM)
Regulated
FCA | United Kingdom
+10
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Company Information

Full Name:IG International Limited
Founded:1974
Headquarters:Bermuda
Enterprise Offices:15offices

Customer Support

Phone:
+442076335431
Live Chat:
Available
Response Time:
—
Languages:
EnglishSpanish+2
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What IG legally published, but does not want you to read

Wikilix contract reading ·

Moderate contract risk

IG International, the Bermuda company behind ig.com/en, publishes a clear 22-page contract that is mostly standard. Two clauses matter most. IG can void your winning trades on suspicion and still enforce your losing ones, and you get two business days to dispute a statement. IG's own pages also disagree on costs, quoting a 1.0% conversion fee in English and 0.8% in Chinese and Spanish.

2Critical clauses
16Clauses flagged
17Documents read
4.5/10Contract risk
Read the full terms report12 more clauses, each with its wording, clause number and source
Editorial review
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Broker Summary

What Wikilix has recorded about IG: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.

IG Broker Overview

IG is a CFD broker whose international site, ig.com/en, is run by IG International Limited, a Bermuda company incorporated in October 2019 and licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. IG International is part of the IG Group, which IG says was established in London in 1974 and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. Clients can trade CFDs on IG's own web platform and app, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, ProRealTime and L2 Dealer, with no minimum deposit to open an account and leverage of up to 1:200. IG describes its service as execution-only, and the site is not directed at residents of the United States.

IG Regulation and License

IG International Limited is licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA). WIKILIX's check of the BMA register on 22 October 2026 found it listed under Investment Business: Licensed Entities, effective 18 February 2020, with permission to deal in investments, arrange deals in investments and safeguard and administer investments, but not to manage investments or give investment advice. The same register lists the company for digital assets business as a Class F licensee under registration number 54814; its investment business entry shows no licence number.

The IG Group's other companies serve clients in their own regions, and WIKILIX's licence check on 22 October 2026 confirmed each of these licences:

  • IG Markets Limited (FCA firm reference 195355) and IG Index Limited (FCA firm reference 114059), both Authorised in the UK since 1 December 2001
  • IG Trading and Investments Limited (FCA firm reference 944492), Authorised, which provides IG's UK share dealing, ISA and Smart Portfolio accounts
  • IG Europe GmbH in Frankfurt (BaFin-ID 10148759), listed by BaFin as a Wertpapierinstitut (securities institution) and Kryptowertedienstleister (crypto-asset service provider)
  • IG Australia Pty Ltd, holder of ASIC Australian financial services licence 515106, status Current, and of New Zealand FMA derivatives issuer licence FSP684191
  • IG Asia Pte Ltd, listed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a Capital Markets Services Licensee
  • IG Limited in the DIFC, Dubai (DFSA reference F001780)
  • IG Securities Limited in Japan, registered as a financial instruments business with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau under No. 255
  • IG Bank S.A. in Geneva, authorised by FINMA as a bank

IG Markets South Africa Limited's FSCA financial services provider licence, FSP 41393, is the exception: the FSCA register shows it as Lapsed, with the status last updated on 20 April 2026, although IG's South African site still describes it as current. None of these licences covers accounts opened on ig.com/en, which are with IG International Limited.

Is IG Regulated?

Yes. IG International Limited, which provides the CFD accounts on ig.com/en, is licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, and the licence is confirmed on the BMA's register. An account opened on this site is therefore with a Bermuda-licensed company, not with IG's UK, European or Australian companies. Applicants from the UK, most of the EEA, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore are sent to IG's site for their region instead, where another IG company and its regulator apply.

IG International Limited

IG International Limited is the company that provides the CFD accounts on ig.com/en. It was incorporated in Bermuda on 18 October 2019 under registration number 54814, the number IG's customer agreement also gives, and WIKILIX confirmed the registration on 22 October 2026 against the company's LEI record (2138003BPN54LRCOWA43), validated at the Bermuda Registrar of Companies, and the BMA register. Its registered address is Crawford House, 50 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM 11, while IG's complaints and payment instructions use 46 Reid Street, Hamilton HM12. Its ultimate parent company is IG Group Holdings Plc, and it receives services from other IG Group companies, including IG Markets Limited. IG's contact page gives a head office address of Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London EC4R 2YA.

Is IG Safe?

IG International pairs a licence confirmed on the BMA register with membership of a long-established, listed group, but neither removes the risk of trading CFDs: IG's own warning states that 80% of retail client accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. IG asks clients to send bank deposits to accounts in IG International's name that it labels as client accounts, at HSBC in Hong Kong and Standard Chartered in Singapore. IG International's clients do not fall under the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme, which protects eligible clients of FCA-authorised firms such as IG Markets Limited up to 85,000 GBP per person, per firm, and WIKILIX knows of no Bermudian investor compensation scheme that covers them.

IG Account Types

The standard CFD account is IG International's main live account, with no minimum deposit to open. Clients can convert it in My IG into a limited risk account, in which every position must carry a guaranteed stop; the premium is charged only if the stop is triggered, and on share CFDs IG's charges page gives it from 0.3% while its product details say it can reach 3.0% of the transaction value. MetaTrader trading runs through separate MT4 CFD and MT5 CFD accounts, which clients add and fund through My IG.

Forex Direct is IG's direct market access service for forex, charged by commission instead of IG's spread. IG also offers corporate accounts, both for retail clients trading through a company and for institutions, and joint accounts, for which each holder first opens an individual account. A demo account comes with every live account. Premium is a status IG offers by invitation to high-volume traders, adding a personal account manager and possible volume-based rebates, rather than a separate account. Applicants must be over 18 and pass an appropriateness assessment.

IG Spreads, Commissions and Fees

IG International charges no commission on forex, indices and commodities, where its charge is built into the spread; its MT5 page gives minimum spreads of 0.6 on EUR/USD, 0.3 on spot gold and 0.4 on the US 500. Share CFDs carry a commission on each side of the trade, for example 2 cents per share on US shares with a 15 USD minimum online, 0.10% on UK FTSE 350 shares with a 10 GBP minimum and 0.18% on Hong Kong shares with a 50 HKD minimum. During a new account's first six weeks IG lowers the minimum share CFD commissions, and for the first two weeks minimum trade sizes are half the normal level.

Forex Direct replaces the spread with a commission of 60 USD per 1 million USD traded, falling to 30, 20 and 10 USD once the previous month's forex volume reaches 100 million, 500 million and 1.5 billion USD. ProRealTime costs 40 USD a month: IG's platform comparison page says it is free for clients who trade at least four times a month, while its help centre says the fee is debited every month the platform is enabled and a rebate depends on consistent, fairly high-value trading. L2 Dealer is free with a minimum balance of 2,000 USD, with monthly fees for share data and level 2 prices.

IG Leverage

IG International offers leverage of up to 1:200. It is set market by market through IG's margin requirements rather than by account type, so the level available depends on the instrument traded.

IG Trading Platforms

IG's own platforms are its HTML5 web platform and the IG Trading app. The app is on Google Play; on iPhone, IG offers a progressive web app and tells clients to check whether the IG Trading app is in their country's App Store, and on iOS clients cannot fund the account or set alerts. L2 Dealer, IG's direct market access platform for share and forex CFDs, runs only on Windows and is, IG says, for very experienced clients.

MetaTrader 4 runs on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS, and MetaTrader 5 on Windows, macOS, a web terminal, Android and iOS. Both carry fewer markets than IG's own platform; MT4 offers forex, indices, oil and major metals. Clients can also connect their IG account to TradingView, for which IG adds no charge, and use ProRealTime on PC, Mac and Linux. Developers can use IG's REST and streaming APIs, and IG offers a FIX API through its institutional service.

IG Deposits and Withdrawals

IG International accepts Visa and MasterCard debit and credit cards, bank transfers to its client accounts at HSBC in Hong Kong and Standard Chartered in Singapore, HKD FPS transfers from Hong Kong bank accounts and transfers sent through Wise. Card deposits are instant and have a 50 USD minimum, with maximums of 99,999 USD per debit card payment and 50,000 USD per credit card payment. Bank transfers have no minimum and take up to three business days, and FPS typically clears within one business day. Payments must come from the account holder, and business, corporate and prepaid cards are not accepted. PayPal is not among the funding page's methods, although the platform comparison page lists it for the mobile app and the customer agreement allows it where available.

IG's pages give different card fees. The funding page lists debit cards, bank transfers and FPS as free and charges 1% on Visa and 0.5% on MasterCard credit card deposits, while the charges page lists a third-party charge of 2.3% of the transaction amount, levied by the card processor. The customer agreement also reserves a reasonable administration charge for processing payments and passes all bank charges to the client.

Withdrawals go back to the card, up to the amount deposited unless the client made a profit, or by bank transfer, and IG normally returns money by the same method and to the same place it came from. Card withdrawals take two to five bank working days, with a minimum of 150 USD unless less is available and a maximum of 25,000 USD a day. Bank withdrawals have no limit; one help article says they take one to three working days to clear, while another says they should generally arrive within 24 hours. No withdrawal fee is published.

IG Support

IG International's support team is available 24 hours a day except from 10pm Friday to 8am Saturday (GMT). Clients can reach it by web chat, which opens with an AI assistant, by WhatsApp, by phone on +44 (20) 7633 5431 and by email at helpdesk.en@ig.com, and the customer agreement gives a second number, +44 (0)207 896 0011. A complaint goes first to client services and then to the compliance department in Bermuda, which IG says will give a full written response within eight weeks; under the customer agreement, an unresolved complaint can be referred to the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

IG Pros and Cons

Pros

  • IG International's licence is confirmed on the Bermuda Monetary Authority's register.
  • No minimum deposit to open an account.
  • A wide choice of platforms: IG's own web platform and app, MT4, MT5, TradingView, ProRealTime, L2 Dealer and APIs.
  • No commission on forex, indices and commodities, and a limited risk account with guaranteed stops.
  • Support 24 hours a day apart from a weekly ten-hour break.

Cons

  • Accounts on ig.com/en are with the Bermuda company, outside the UK's compensation scheme.
  • IG's pages disagree on card fees and on the ProRealTime fee.
  • MT4 and MT5 carry fewer markets than IG's own platform, and clients cannot fund the account from iOS.
  • Not available to residents of the United States.

IG Review and Assessment

IG offers international clients a broad CFD service through IG International Limited, with a licence confirmed on the Bermuda register, no minimum deposit and a choice of platforms that runs from its own web platform to MT4, MT5 and TradingView. Before funding, confirm which IG company holds the account. On ig.com/en it is the Bermuda company, so do not assume the protections of IG's UK, European or Australian licences apply. Also confirm card charges with IG, because its own pages quote different rates.

Website archive
Captured

Website snapshots

8 full-page captures of IG's own site, archived so what they said can still be read after the pages change.

8 pages
Homepage
Regulation & Client Money Protection
Terms & Agreements
Margin Rates & Leverage
Deposits & Funding
Contact Us
About Us
Complaints Procedure
Captured by Wikilix from the broker's live site. Open any shot to read it full size.
Regulation check
Checked

Regulatory Licenses

IG holds a tier-1 or tier-2 licence that we confirmed on the regulator's own register. Each licence below opens its record of what that register says.

12 of 12 checked
Licences on record
12
Confirmed on register
11
Tier 1 or 2
10
Offshore
1

WIKILIX

Licence intelligence

The strongest of 12 licences on file

Licence Verification Record

Australia Securities & Investment Commission 515106

Wikilix read the ASIC register on Oct 22, 2026. This is what it said.

Name on the register
IG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Jurisdiction
Australia
Authority strength
Tier 1
Licence type
Market Making(MM)
Register status
Current
Effective
Jun 2, 2020
Shown on the IG website
Shown

Checked Oct 22, 2026

Permissions

  • (a) provide general financial product advice for the following classes of financial products: (i) derivatives; (ii) foreign exchange contracts; (iii) interests in managed investment schemes excluding investor directed portfolio services; and (iv) securities
  • (b) deal in a financial product by: (i) issuing, applying for, acquiring, varying or disposing of a financial product in respect of the following classes of financial products: (A) derivatives; and (B) foreign exchange contracts; and (ii) applying for, acquiring, varying or disposing of a financial product on behalf of another person in respect of the following classes of products: (A) interests in managed investment schemes excluding investor directed portfolio services; and (B) securities
  • (c) make a market for the following financial products: (i) foreign exchange contracts; and (ii) derivatives
  • (d) provide the following custodial or depository services: (i) operate custodial or depository services other than investor directed portfolio services

What our check found

Australian financial services licence for IG Australia Pty Ltd, which runs ig.com/au. ASIC lists ig.com/au as its principal website. Client protection: High for Australian clients: ASIC client-money rules and external dispute resolution. Effective: 02 Jun 2020.

Client protection under this licence

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeAFCA
  • Maximum leverage1:28

These are the rules ASIC sets for the firms it licenses. They are not a statement about how IG applies them, or about which of its companies would hold your account.

A licence record describes what an authority published. It is not an endorsement, and Wikilix does not issue authorisations.

Open the ASIC licence recordCheck it on the registerAbout ASIC

Tier 1 and 2 authorities

9 licences

Tier 3 and 4 authorities

1 licence

Ended, or not confirmed as a licence

1 licence
Trading accounts
Updated

Account Types

7 account types on record.

7 account types
AccountMin DepositMax LeverageCommission
Standard CFD accountStandardNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Limited risk accountStandardNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
MT4 CFD accountStandardNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
MT5 CFDStandardNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Forex DirectDMA · ECNNot recordedNot recordedVariable, by previous month's FX volume: USD 60 per USD 1 million traded under 100m, USD 30 under 500m, USD 20 under 1,500m, USD 10 at 1,500m and over
Corporate accountCorporateNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Joint accountJoint · CorporateNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Account names and conditions as published by IG, recorded by Wikilix.
Client acceptance

Country availability

Where IG says it will and won't take clients

240 countries

Confirmed blocked

Named in the broker's own terms

USUnited States

Likely blocked

Reported, not verified against a primary source

AFAfghanistanAOAngolaBABosnia and HerzegovinaBDBangladeshBGBulgariaBIBurundiBOBoliviaBYBelarusCACanadaCDCongo (Democratic Republic)CFCentral African RepublicCGCongo
Show 43 more
CICôte d’IvoireCNChinaCUCubaEGEgyptEREritreaETEthiopiaGNGuineaGQEquatorial GuineaGWGuinea-BissauHTHaitiINIndiaIQIraqIRIranKHCambodiaKMComorosKPNorth KoreaLBLebanonLRLiberiaLYLibyaMLMaliMMMyanmarMRMauritaniaMSMontserratNENigerNGNigeriaNINicaraguaPKPakistanPLPolandPSPalestineRURussiaSDSudanSLSierra LeoneSOSomaliaSSSouth SudanSYSyriaTDChadTJTajikistanTMTurkmenistanUAUkraineUGUgandaVEVenezuelaYEYemenZWZimbabwe

Covered by a parent block

Territories a blocked country carries with it

ASAmerican SamoaGUGuamMPNorthern Mariana IslandsPRPuerto RicoUMUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsVIVirgin Islands (U.S.)

Explicitly accepted

Named as accepted — not a full list of served markets

ADAndorraAEUnited Arab EmiratesAGAntigua and BarbudaAIAnguillaALAlbaniaAMArmeniaAQAntarcticaARArgentinaATAustriaAUAustraliaAWArubaAZAzerbaijan
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BBBarbadosBEBelgiumBFBurkina FasoBHBahrainBJBeninBLSaint BarthélemyBMBermudaBNBrunei DarussalamBQBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBRBrazilBSBahamasBTBhutanBWBotswanaBZBelizeCCCocos (Keeling) IslandsCHSwitzerlandCKCook IslandsCLChileCMCameroonCOColombiaCRCosta RicaCVCabo VerdeCXChristmas IslandCYCyprusCZCzechiaDEGermanyDJDjiboutiDKDenmarkDMDominicaDODominican RepublicDZAlgeriaECEcuadorEEEstoniaESSpainFIFinlandFJFijiFKFalkland IslandsFMMicronesiaFOFaroe IslandsFRFranceGAGabonGBUnited KingdomGDGrenadaGEGeorgiaGFFrench GuianaGGGuernseyGHGhanaGIGibraltarGLGreenlandGMGambiaGPGuadeloupeGRGreeceGTGuatemalaGYGuyanaHKHong KongHNHondurasHRCroatiaHUHungaryIDIndonesiaIEIrelandILIsraelIMIsle of ManIOBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryISIcelandITItalyJEJerseyJMJamaicaJOJordanJPJapanKEKenyaKGKyrgyzstanKIKiribatiKNSaint Kitts and NevisKRSouth KoreaKWKuwaitKYCayman IslandsKZKazakhstanLALaosLCSaint LuciaLILiechtensteinLKSri LankaLSLesothoLTLithuaniaLULuxembourgLVLatviaMAMoroccoMCMonacoMDMoldovaMEMontenegroMGMadagascarMKNorth MacedoniaMNMongoliaMOMacaoMQMartiniqueMTMaltaMUMauritiusMVMaldivesMWMalawiMXMexicoMYMalaysiaMZMozambiqueNANamibiaNCNew CaledoniaNFNorfolk IslandNLNetherlandsNONorwayNPNepalNRNauruNUNiueNZNew ZealandOMOmanPAPanamaPEPeruPFFrench PolynesiaPGPapua New GuineaPHPhilippinesPMSaint Pierre and MiquelonPNPitcairnPTPortugalPYParaguayQAQatarRERéunionRORomaniaRSSerbiaRWRwandaSASaudi ArabiaSBSolomon IslandsSCSeychellesSESwedenSGSingaporeSHSaint HelenaSISloveniaSJSvalbard and Jan MayenSKSlovakiaSMSan MarinoSNSenegalSRSurinameSTSao Tome and PrincipeSVEl SalvadorSXSint Maarten (Dutch part)SZEswatiniTCTurks and Caicos IslandsTFFrench Southern TerritoriesTGTogoTHThailandTKTokelauTLTimor-LesteTNTunisiaTOTongaTRTürkiyeTTTrinidad and TobagoTVTuvaluTWTaiwanTZTanzaniaUYUruguayUZUzbekistanVAHoly SeeVCSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesVGVirgin Islands (British)VNViet NamVUVanuatuWFWallis and FutunaWSSamoaYTMayotteZASouth AfricaZMZambia
How we know — 10 sources
  1. 1US, confirmed: every page of https://www.ig.com/en states 'The information on this site is not directed at residents of the United States', repeated on the /cn, /zh and /latam versions and in the 'Responsibility of visitors' clause of the Website Terms and Conditions (https://www.ig.com/en/site-terms-and-conditions). The application form agrees: choosing 'United States Of America' sends the applicant to IG's separate US application form (https://www.ig.com/us/application-form), and the site's region versions point US visitors to https://www.tastyfx.com/.
  2. 2US dependent territories: the disclaimer does not name them, and the United States block covers them. The application form sends applicants from American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the US Minor Outlying Islands and the US Virgin Islands to the same US application form as the United States.
  3. 3Accepted: the closed 'Country of residence' list of IG International's application form (https://www.ig.com/en/application-form, served from live.client-onboarding.ig.com) offers 187 jurisdictions; the /zh, /cn and /latam versions of the form and IG Europe's form (https://www.ig.com/ie/application-form) offer the identical list. Every listed jurisdiction outside the US group is recorded as accepted.
  4. 4Routing within that list: IG International takes most jurisdictions directly. The form sends the United Kingdom, Bermuda, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man to IG's UK form (/uk); the EEA states to IG Europe's forms (/ie, /de, /fr, /it, /es, /nl, /no, /se, /at, /por); Switzerland to /ch; Australia, New Zealand, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands and Norfolk Island to /au; Japan to /jp; Singapore to /sg. Applicants from Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are offered, but not required, the /ar-ae form, and most Latin American applicants the /esp form.
  5. 5The form writes the United Kingdom as 'UK' (recorded as GB) and lists 'Netherland Antilles' under BQ and 'Saint Martin' under SX; those two are recorded under the codes the form uses.
  6. 6MH and PW are in no list: the form offers the Marshall Islands and Palau but sends both to IG's US application form, and no page read shows them accepted there.
  7. 7Likely but unconfirmed refusals: every standard country or territory missing from that closed list, because a resident cannot select it on any IG form that uses the list. This includes Iran, Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Cuba, Syria, mainland China, India, Canada, Poland and Bulgaria. No IG page names these countries as refused: each block is inferred from the omission alone.
  8. 8Missing from the list but written to no list: AX (Aland is part of Finland, which is listed), CW and MF (likely covered by the listed 'Netherland Antilles' and 'Saint Martin'), EH (Western Sahara; Morocco is listed), and BV, HM and GS (no resident population).
  9. 9IR: missing from the 'Country of residence' list on all four language versions of IG International's application form (https://www.ig.com/en/application-form and its /zh, /cn and /latam versions). IG publishes no Persian-language site (none among the language and region versions https://www.ig.com/en links to) and no IG page mentions Iran. Iran is therefore a likely refusal, based on the omission.
  10. 10The IG International Customer Agreement, October 2026 (https://www.ig.com/usermanagement/customeragreements?igCompany=igintl&agreementType=customer_agreement&productCode=IGCFD&locale=en_GB), names no country: Term 20(1)(f) only has the client warrant that trading will not break the law of 'the jurisdiction in which you are resident'. The funding page (https://www.ig.com/en/fund-your-account) and the Introducing Partners page (https://www.ig.com/en/marketing-partnership/introducing-partners) name no country either.
Recorded by WIKILIX research, not published by the broker, and not a guarantee. A country listed nowhere above is not thereby accepted — check IG's own terms before you open an account.
Deposits & withdrawals

Funding Methods

6 ways to fund an account. The costliest way in is Credit Card (Visa) at 1%.

6 methods
MethodDeposit feeWithdrawal feeMin depositWithdrawal min / maxProcessing
Debit Card (Visa, MasterCard)Debit Card
Funding page (https://www.ig.com/en/fund-your-account): 'Execution time: Instant deposit, via My IG within the trading platform. Cost: Free for Visa and MasterCard.' The deposit fee is left unrecorded rather than stored as free: the charges page (https://www.ig.com/en/charges) lists 'Third-party charges: 2.3% of the transaction amount, levied by the card processor', and customer agreement clause 16(2)(b) reserves 'a reasonable administration charge for processing your payments'. Minimum card payment USD 50; maximum USD 99,999 per transaction by debit card (help article 'What's the maximum/minimum amount I can deposit?'). Withdrawals go back to the card as a refund, up to the amount deposited unless the client made a profit, and take two to five bank working days; minimum USD 150 unless less is available; maximum USD 25,000 per day (help article 'How do I withdraw funds from my IG account?', which also lists per-currency minimums and daily maximums: GBP 100 / 20,000, EUR 150 / 25,000, AUD 200 / 35,000, USD 150 / 25,000, SGD 200 / 35,000, HKD 1,250 / n/a). Processing time stored as the longest stated: deposits instant, withdrawals two to five bank working days. No withdrawal fee is published; customer agreement 16(5) puts all bank charges on the client. Up to five cards per account, each in the client's name and registered to the client's address; business, corporate, commercial, prepaid and third-party cards are not accepted, and card payments are for personal accounts only. Funds are normally returned by the same method to the same place they came from (customer agreement 16(5)). Deposits cannot be made from an iOS device; use My IG on the web platform.
Not recordedNot recordedUSD 50USD 150USD 25,000Up to 5 days
Credit Card (Visa)Credit Card
Funding page (https://www.ig.com/en/fund-your-account): 'Execution time: Instant deposit, via My IG within the trading platform. Cost: 1% charge for Visa and 0.5% charge for MasterCard.' The charges page (https://www.ig.com/en/charges) lists instead 'Third-party charges: 2.3% of the transaction amount, levied by the card processor', and customer agreement clause 16(2)(b) reserves a reasonable administration charge for processing payments; the 1% stored is the funding page's figure. Minimum card payment USD 50; maximum USD 50,000 per transaction by credit card, and IG recommends bank transfer for larger payments (help article 'What's the maximum/minimum amount I can deposit?'). Withdrawals go back to the card as a refund, up to the amount deposited unless the client made a profit, in two to five bank working days; minimum USD 150 unless less is available; maximum USD 25,000 per day (help article 'How do I withdraw funds from my IG account?', with per-currency limits GBP 100 / 20,000, EUR 150 / 25,000, AUD 200 / 35,000, USD 150 / 25,000, SGD 200 / 35,000, HKD 1,250 / n/a). Processing time stored as the longest stated: deposits instant, withdrawals two to five bank working days. No withdrawal fee is published; customer agreement 16(5) puts all bank charges on the client. Business, corporate, commercial, prepaid and third-party cards are not accepted; card payments are for personal accounts only; up to five cards per account in the client's name. Funds are normally returned by the same method to the same place (customer agreement 16(5)).
1%Not recordedUSD 50USD 150USD 25,000Up to 5 days
Credit Card (MasterCard)Credit Card
Funding page (https://www.ig.com/en/fund-your-account): 'Execution time: Instant deposit, via My IG within the trading platform. Cost: 1% charge for Visa and 0.5% charge for MasterCard.' The charges page (https://www.ig.com/en/charges) lists instead 'Third-party charges: 2.3% of the transaction amount, levied by the card processor', and customer agreement clause 16(2)(b) reserves a reasonable administration charge for processing payments; the 0.5% stored is the funding page's figure. Minimum card payment USD 50; maximum USD 50,000 per transaction by credit card, and IG recommends bank transfer for larger payments (help article 'What's the maximum/minimum amount I can deposit?'). Withdrawals go back to the card as a refund, up to the amount deposited unless the client made a profit, in two to five bank working days; minimum USD 150 unless less is available; maximum USD 25,000 per day (help article 'How do I withdraw funds from my IG account?', with per-currency limits GBP 100 / 20,000, EUR 150 / 25,000, AUD 200 / 35,000, USD 150 / 25,000, SGD 200 / 35,000, HKD 1,250 / n/a). Processing time stored as the longest stated: deposits instant, withdrawals two to five bank working days. No withdrawal fee is published; customer agreement 16(5) puts all bank charges on the client. Business, corporate, commercial, prepaid and third-party cards are not accepted; card payments are for personal accounts only; up to five cards per account in the client's name. Funds are normally returned by the same method to the same place (customer agreement 16(5)).
0.5%Not recordedUSD 50USD 150USD 25,000Up to 5 days
Bank transfer (HSBC Hong Kong or Standard Chartered Singapore)Bank Transfer
Funding page (https://www.ig.com/en/fund-your-account): 'Transfer to our HK based HSBC account' and 'Transfer to our Singapore based Standard Chartered Bank account', each 'Execution time: Up to three business days. Cost: Free.' Account names 'IG International Ltd – Client Trust Account' (HSBC, SWIFT HSBCHKHHHKH) and 'IG International Limited SCB Client Current' (Standard Chartered, SWIFT SCBLSG22XXX), with separate account numbers for USD, HKD, EUR, GBP, AUD and SGD. 'There is no minimum funding amount for bank transfers.' Deposits may not be free: customer agreement clause 16(2)(b) reserves a reasonable administration charge for processing payments, and the funding page warns that international bank wire transfers may incur fees charged by the client's bank. Quote the five-character IG account ID as the payment reference; uploading a proof of payment in My IG lets IG credit the account before the money arrives, but those funds cannot be withdrawn until cleared (help article 'What is proof of payment?'). Withdrawals by bank transfer 'can take between one to three working days to clear', according to the help article on withdrawing funds. Another help article says bank withdrawals should generally arrive within 24 hours, the same afternoon if requested before midday. The time shown is the longer one. Bank transfer withdrawals have no maximum ('Bank transfer: no limit'); no separate bank withdrawal minimum is stated beyond that article's per-currency table. No withdrawal fee is published; customer agreement 16(5) puts all bank charges on the client. Payments must come from the named account holder; third-party payments, cash, cheques, ATM and teller payments are not accepted. Money is normally returned by the same method to the same place, and IG may first verify the deposit source and the receiving bank account.
Not recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedUp to 3 days
HKD FPSBank Transfer
Funding page (https://www.ig.com/en/fund-your-account): 'HKD FPS. Execution time: Typically within one business day. Cost: Free. Proxy ID: fps@ig.com.' Help article 'How do I deposit funds into my account?' (https://www.ig.com/en/help-and-support/articles/692551-how-do-i-deposit-funds-into-my-account): FPS deposits in Hong Kong dollars 'at no cost', typically one business day to clear, 'only available for Hong Kong bank accounts'. One business day is a typical time, not a guarantee. The deposit fee is left unrecorded rather than stored as free because customer agreement clause 16(2)(b) reserves a reasonable administration charge for processing payments. Quote the five-character IG account ID as the payment reference. The site describes FPS for deposits only; withdrawals are paid by bank transfer or back to a card (help article 'How do I withdraw funds from my IG account?').
Not recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedUp to 1 day
Wise (formerly TransferWise)E-Wallet
Help article 'How do I verify my Wise deposit?' (https://www.ig.com/en/help-and-support/articles/692559-how-do-i-verify-my-wise-deposit): 'We accept Wise deposit as an alternative method to your IG account. Please note that we aren't associated with Wise and we advise you to check any associated costs before using its services.' The home page lists Wise among deposit routes ('Deposit via credit card, Wise or bank transfer'). The money is sent to IG's bank account details; IG may ask for the Wise statement and transfer receipt in PDF, deposits must come from the IG account owner, and the five-character IG account ID goes in the payment reference. IG's address for the Wise payment form: IG International Limited, 46 Reid Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda (help article 'How do I deposit funds into my account?'). No processing time, fee or limit is published for Wise. The site describes Wise for deposits only; withdrawals are paid by bank transfer or back to a card.
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Fees, limits and processing times as published by IG, recorded by Wikilix.
Trading software

Trading Platforms

4 trading platforms on record: Proprietary platform, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and TradingView.

4 platforms
  • Proprietary platform

    Proprietary platform

    Recommended

    IG's own platforms: an HTML5 web platform; the IG Trading app (Google Play, and the iOS App Store where offered, otherwise a progressive web app); and L2 Dealer, its DMA platform for share and forex CFDs, Windows only.

    Runs on

    • Windows
    • Web
    • Android
    • iOS
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  • MetaTrader 4 logo

    MetaTrader 4

    by MetaQuotes Software Corp.since 2005Developer site

    Opened as an MT4 CFD account in My IG, server IG-LIVE2. Forex, indices, oil and major metals; free add-ons and indicators; MT4 VPS free with a USD 2,000 balance, otherwise USD 50 a month.

    Runs on

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Android
    • iOS
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  • MetaTrader 5 logo

    MetaTrader 5

    by MetaQuotes Software Corpsince 2010Developer site

    Opened as an MT5 CFD account in My IG. Desktop, web terminal and mobile apps; fewer markets than IG's own platform (forex, key indices, select commodities and cryptocurrencies); VPS free with a USD 1,000 balance.

    Runs on

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Web
    • Android
    • iOS
    Download
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  • TradingView logo

    TradingView

    by TradingView Inc.since 2011Developer site

    Trade an IG live account from TradingView charts by connecting it through IG's broker profile on TradingView; desktop apps for Windows and Mac. IG adds no charge; TradingView's paid plans are optional.

    Runs on

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Web
    Download
    Details
Platforms and download links as published by the broker, recorded by Wikilix.
Websites

Global Domains

2 domains on record. All active and served over HTTPS.

2 domains
  • www.ig.com/enMain siteActiveHTTPS
  • www.iggroup.comActiveHTTPS
Domains recorded by Wikilix. Only a domain listed here is known to belong to this broker.
Social channels

Social Presence

5 official channels on record.

5 channels
Channels as published by the broker, recorded by Wikilix.
Legal entities

Corporate Network

15 legal entities behind the IG brand.

15 entities
  • IG ASIA PTE. LTD.ActiveLicence holderSingaporeRegistration 200510021KEstablished Jul 20, 2005Holds MASOperates the broker's Singapore website; the broker states it is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and holds a capital markets services licence.
  • IG AUSTRALIA PTY LTDActiveLicence holderAustraliaRegistration 096585410Established May 7, 2001Holds ASICOperates the broker's Australian website from Melbourne; the broker publishes ABN 93 096 585 410, Australian Financial Services Licence No. 515106 and New Zealand derivatives issuer licence FSP No. 684191 for it.
  • IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLCActiveUnited KingdomRegistration 04677092Established Aug 18, 2023Named on the broker's international and Australian websites as the ultimate parent company of the IG Group.
  • IG GROUP LIMITEDActiveUnited KingdomRegistration 04008980Established Jun 1, 2000
  • IG INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDActiveLicence holderBermudaRegistration 54814Holds BMABermuda group entity. Listed on the BMA regulated-entities register (https://www.bma.bm/regulated-entities) under sector "Investment Business: Licensed Entities", licence effective 18 Feb 2020, permitted to deal in investments, arrange deals in investments and safeguard and administer investments; not permitted to manage investments or give investment advice. The same name also holds a Digital Assets Business Class F registration, number 54814, effective 18 Feb 2020. Address as published by the register. The broker's October 2026 customer agreement states that the company is registered in Bermuda under No. 54814.
  • IG MARKETS LIMITEDActiveLicence holderUnited KingdomRegistration 04008957Established Jun 1, 2000Holds FCAProvides CFD and futures accounts on the broker's UK website and international accounts to South African clients; the broker cites Financial Conduct Authority register number 195355 for it.
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  • IG MARKETS SOUTH AFRICA LIMITEDActiveLicence holderSouth AfricaRegistration 07094705Established Dec 3, 2009Holds FSCAOffers domestic accounts on the broker's South African website; the broker's FAIS disclosure gives its registration number as 2010/000229/10 and its FSCA financial services provider licence as FSP No. 41393.
  • IG Index LimitedActiveLicence holderUnited KingdomRegistration 01190902Holds FCAProvides spread betting accounts on the broker's UK website; the broker cites Financial Conduct Authority register number 114059 for it.
  • IG Trading and Investments LtdActiveUnited KingdomRegistration 11628764Provides share dealing and IG Smart Portfolio accounts on the broker's UK website; the broker cites Financial Conduct Authority register number 944492 for it.
  • IG Digital Assets LimitedActiveUnited KingdomRegistration 16304118Provides cryptoasset services to the broker's UK clients under its own cryptocurrency customer agreement, which states it is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
  • IG Europe GmbHActiveLicence holderGermanyRegistration HRB 115624Holds BaFinProvides accounts on the broker's European websites, with branches including France, Italy, Spain and Sweden; the broker cites BaFin register number 148759 for it, and RCS Paris 842 197 287 for its French branch.
  • IG Bank S.A.ActiveSwitzerlandOwns and operates the broker's Swiss website from its registered address in Geneva; the broker states it is authorised and regulated by FINMA.
  • IG LimitedActiveUnited Arab EmiratesOperates the broker's UAE website from the DIFC in Dubai; the broker cites Dubai Financial Services Authority reference No. F001780 for it.
  • IG Securities LimitedActiveJapanOperates the broker's Japanese website as IG証券株式会社; it publishes financial instruments business registration Kanto Local Finance Bureau (FIBO) No. 255 and states it also conducts commodity derivatives business.
  • IG Digital Assets Australia Pty LtdActiveAustraliaRegistration 686210462Offers crypto through the broker's Australian app; the broker prints its number as ABN 686 210 462 and states it is registered with AUSTRAC as a digital currency exchange provider.
Entities named in the broker's own documents and company registers, recorded by Wikilix.
Company registry check
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Company Registration

The operating company is IG International Limited. Registered in Bermuda. Registration number 54814.

Confirmed on licence register
Legal entity
IG International Limited
Registration number
54814
Jurisdiction
Bermuda
Incorporated
Oct 18, 2019
Registry
GLEIF LEI record (validated at the Bermuda Registrar of Companies) and Bermuda Monetary Authority register
Registered address
Crawford House, 50 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about IG

Most Popular Questions

Start with IG's client services team on +44 (20) 7633 5431 or at helpdesk.en@ig.com. If that does not resolve it, write to the compliance department at compliance@ig.com or to Compliance Department, IG International Limited, 46 Reid Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda; IG says it will give a full written response within eight weeks. Under IG International's customer agreement, a complaint that remains unresolved can be referred to the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

Withdrawals back to a card take two to five bank working days. For bank transfers IG gives two times: one help article says one to three working days to clear, another that the money should generally arrive within 24 hours, or the same afternoon if requested before midday. Card withdrawals have a minimum of 150 USD unless less is available and a maximum of 25,000 USD a day, bank withdrawals have no limit, and IG normally returns money by the same method and to the same place it came from.

IG's funding page lists debit card deposits, bank transfers and HKD FPS as free and charges 1% on Visa and 0.5% on MasterCard credit card deposits. Its charges page, however, lists a third-party charge of 2.3% of the transaction amount levied by the card processor, and the customer agreement reserves a reasonable administration charge for processing payments and passes all bank charges to the client. No withdrawal fee is published.

IG International accepts Visa and MasterCard debit and credit cards, bank transfers to its client accounts at HSBC in Hong Kong and Standard Chartered in Singapore, HKD FPS transfers from Hong Kong bank accounts, and transfers sent through Wise. Card deposits are instant, bank transfers take up to three business days and FPS typically one business day. Payments must come from the account holder, business, corporate and prepaid cards are not accepted, and deposits cannot be made from an iOS device.

IG International's home page advertises more than 17,000 markets, with CFDs on shares, forex, indices and commodities among them. The range depends on the platform: MT4 offers forex, indices, oil and major metals, MT5 offers major forex pairs, key indices, select commodities and, for professional traders, select cryptocurrencies, and L2 Dealer is for share and forex CFDs.

IG International's main account is the standard CFD account, which clients can convert into a limited risk account where every position carries a guaranteed stop, with the premium charged only if the stop is triggered. Clients can add MT4 and MT5 CFD accounts in My IG, and Forex Direct gives direct market access on forex for a commission. IG also offers corporate and joint accounts and a demo account with every live account, while Premium is an invitation-only status for high-volume traders rather than a separate account.

IG International charges no commission on forex, indices and commodities, where its charge is built into the spread; its MT5 page gives minimum spreads of 0.6 on EUR/USD, 0.3 on spot gold and 0.4 on the US 500. Share CFDs carry a commission on each side, for example 2 cents per US share with a 15 USD minimum online and 0.10% on UK FTSE 350 shares with a 10 GBP minimum. Forex Direct replaces the spread with a commission of 60 USD down to 10 USD per 1 million USD traded, depending on the previous month's volume, and ProRealTime costs 40 USD a month, which IG's comparison page waives for clients who trade at least four times a month while its help centre ties a rebate to consistent, fairly high-value trading.

The CFD accounts on ig.com/en are provided by IG International Limited, a Bermuda company incorporated on 18 October 2019 under registration number 54814, which WIKILIX confirmed on 22 October 2026 against its LEI record, validated at the Bermuda Registrar of Companies, and the Bermuda Monetary Authority's register. Its registered address is Crawford House, 50 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM 11, while IG's complaints and payment instructions use 46 Reid Street, Hamilton HM12. It is part of the IG Group, whose ultimate parent company is IG Group Holdings Plc; IG says the group was established in London in 1974 and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index, and IG's contact page gives a head office address of Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London EC4R 2YA.

IG International sets no minimum deposit to open an account: its site says there is no minimum to open and no obligation to fund. When you fund it, card payments have a minimum of 50 USD, while bank transfers have no minimum.

Yes. IG International's site is not directed at residents of the United States, and its application form sends US applicants, including those in US territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam, to IG's separate US application. Applicants from the UK, most of the EEA, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore are sent to IG's site for their region, run by another IG company. A further 55 countries and territories, among them Iran, Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Syria, mainland China, India and Canada, are missing from the form's country list, although no IG page names them as refused.

IG International's support team is available 24 hours a day except from 10pm Friday to 8am Saturday (GMT), which IG also gives as 6am to 4pm on Saturday (UTC+8). Clients can use web chat, which opens with an AI assistant, WhatsApp, phone on +44 (20) 7633 5431 and email at helpdesk.en@ig.com, and logged-in clients can reach support through the Help and Support Hub in the platform. IG's customer agreement gives a second number, +44 (0)207 896 0011, and IG also runs a Telegram channel and a client forum, IG Community.

On ig.com/en, client money is handled by IG International Limited, the Bermuda company that provides the CFD accounts, rather than by IG Group Limited. IG asks clients to send bank deposits to accounts in IG International's name that it labels as client accounts, at HSBC in Hong Kong and Standard Chartered in Singapore, and IG International's licence from the Bermuda Monetary Authority was confirmed on the BMA register on 22 October 2026. Those clients do not fall under the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme, which protects eligible clients of IG's FCA-authorised UK companies up to 85,000 GBP per person, per firm, and WIKILIX knows of no Bermudian investor compensation scheme that covers them.

IG International offers leverage of up to 1:200. Leverage is set market by market through IG's margin requirements rather than by account type, so the level available depends on the instrument traded. Applicants sent to IG's UK, European or Australian sites trade under those companies' own terms.

IG International offers its own web platform and IG Trading app, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView and ProRealTime, plus L2 Dealer for direct market access and REST, streaming and FIX APIs. MT4 and MT5 run through separate CFD accounts with fewer markets than IG's own platform, and L2 Dealer runs only on Windows. The IG Trading app is on Google Play; on iPhone, IG offers a progressive web app and tells clients to check whether the app is in their country's App Store, and deposits cannot be made from an iOS device.

The CFD accounts on ig.com/en are provided by IG International Limited, not IG Group Limited, and IG International is licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority for investment business and for Class F digital assets business, which WIKILIX confirmed on the BMA register on 22 October 2026. Other IG companies hold their own licences for their own regions, each confirmed in WIKILIX's licence check of the same date: the FCA in the UK, BaFin in Germany, ASIC in Australia, the FMA in New Zealand, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the DFSA in Dubai, the Kanto Local Finance Bureau in Japan and FINMA in Switzerland. The FSCA licence of IG Markets South Africa Limited, FSP 41393, now shows as Lapsed on the FSCA register. None of those other licences covers an account opened on ig.com/en.

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