Stake is a financial services platform operating across Australia and New Zealand, offering retail investors access to dual-market trading, self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), and a professionally managed fund. The platform reports over 750,000 customers and approximately $5 billion in assets under administration - a scale that means the attack surface is real and the regulatory expectations are non-negotiable. When you're holding that kind of capital on behalf of hundreds of thousands of users, the threat model runs from credential stuffing and session hijacking through to API abuse, third-party integration risk, and the compliance stack required by Australian financial regulations.
For a fintech of this profile, the security challenge is less about exotic zero-days and more about engineering discipline across identity, authorization, data protection, and platform integrity. The product surface - multi-market trading, super fund administration, managed fund operations - touches sensitive financial data and high-value transaction flows where fraud, unauthorized access, and availability failures all carry direct monetary consequences. The company's stated values emphasize focus, continuous improvement, and building confidence, which in a security context translates to a team expected to ship reliably and maintain trust at scale.
Stake is headquartered in Sydney. No details on founding year, team composition, or specific security tooling have been disclosed.
