Following on from its headline-grabbing £1,000 free share offer, popular trading app IG is now giving away (up to) a whopping £3,000 in cold, hard cash to new customers instead of free shares.
Open a new IG account. 👤
You'll need to use code TRANSFER3K and you can't have previously held a share dealing account with IG.
Transfer to the acount. 💳
You need to submit a transfer form by 5 April 2026 and complete the transfer by 30 April 2026.
Maintain at least one open position. 🛒
You need to make at least one investment with your new account.
Keep your account active until 31 October ⏳
Hold your initial investment until at least 31 October 2026.
Receive your cashback 🎉
By 30 November 2026, IG will award you 1% cashback based on the total value of your qualifying transfers (up to a £3,000 maximum).
Capital at risk.
If that’s put you off, check out more free-share deals. Otherwise, let’s go through those “need-to-knows” one-by-one.
You must live in the UK, be over 18, and you cannot previously have traded in a GIA, ISA or SIPP with IG . Yes, that is rather a lot of abbreviations.
You need complete a transfer form by 5 April 2026 to initiate a transfer from one of your accounts elsewhere to begin moving over to IG. You can make a transfer into your new GIA, stocks and shares ISA, or self-invested personal penion (SIPP). You can open an IG account within just a few minutes. Sometimes IG does extend its offers, but you can’t bank on that.
Along with starting your transfer by 5 April, you need to ensure you’ve left enough time for the transfer to fully complete by 30 April. Sometimes ISA and SIPP transfers can take at least a few weeks, so it’s worth getting the ball rolling as soon as you can to make sure you’ve left enough breathing room.
This means you’ll need to actually buy some stocks or ETFs. The good news is that share dealing on IG is commission-free, but expect to pay stamp duty of 0.5% if you opt for a UK stock, or a 0.7% FX fee if it’s not a UK stock.
You’ll need to hold your initial investment (i.e. not sell your shares) until at least 31 October 2026. During that time, its value could go up or down.
It’s important to note that the value of any shares or ETFs you buy could go down as well as up. If the market moves against your first trade, IG will still honour this transfer cashback deal (up to a £3,000 maximum reward) if the value of your investment falls purely due to market conditions.
Your cashback will be credited to your general investment account (GIA) (not an ISA or SIPP, if that’s what you opened) by the end of November 2026.
Both the £50 (minimum) first investment you’re required to make plus any other investments you decide to make can go up or down in value. That’s the nature of share trading.
IG is a comprehensive all-in-one investing platform, which has been around since 1974 and has over 300,000 clients to date. IG caters to beginners with its “IG Invest” app and more experienced investors with its flagship trading platform, offering a wide range of investments and ready-made portfolios.
IG is also now commission-free and gives you access to plenty of trading tools and access to various accounts.
You can check out our full review of IG if you want to learn more.
IG’s up to £3,000 cashback offer is great if you’re new to the platform and you plan on making a decent-sized transfer in the first quarter of 2026. It’s a good way to dive into IG’s extensive 0% commission investing platform. Getting up to £3,000 worth of free cash is a strong incentive. Just make sure you understand and are happy with the need-to-knows outlined above.
If you don’t like this deal or if you miss out because you weren’t quick enough to take it up (don’t say we didn’t warn you), here are some alternative deals to check out:
Get free shares up to £100
Get up to £100 in US fractional shares
Free currency conversion up to £10,000
Get 1 free Rolls-Royce share
Free stock worth £10-£100 (deposit £50)
Sign-up welcome bonus of £20-£100. (deposit £100)
Earn 4.28% AER variable tax-free with Finder's link
Earn 3.8% on uninvested cash
Refer a friend and get up to £100 each
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