Banking on Governance: How Current Scaled Gemini to Drive 90% Efficiency with AvePoint
Success Highlights
Operational efficiency: 80-90% gains achieved across select AI-powered workloads using Google Gemini.
Audit-ready visibility: Single pane of glass oversight across the environment, with clear control over where files are going and who can access them.
Vendor consolidation: Single unified platform implemented to slash operational complexity and vendor spend by replacing 3-4 disparate tools.
Regulated confidence: Established backup and clear control over file movement and access in a highly sensitive environment.
Location New York, NY
Industry Financial Services
Platform Google Workspace
Current is a leading consumer fintech banking platform transforming financial access for everyday Americans. Founded in 2015, Current provides access to banking, credit and liquidity solutions that seamlessly work together to solve the needs of its members to enable better financial outcomes for everyone.
Critical Needs
- Control layer: A governance solution that sits above Google Workspace to manage flexible sharing and permissions.
- Data visibility: Unified oversight into external access and sensitive file movement.
- Compliance tools: Integrated backup and rollback capabilities aligned to strict regulatory audit requirements.
- AI readiness: Confidence to scale Gemini and AI-driven workflows without increasing risk.
The Challenge
In fintech, growth doesn’t just increase opportunity — it increases scrutiny. As Current scaled its Google Workspace environment across hundreds of users and 100+ shared drives, the team introduced Google Gemini into daily workflows. This created a familiar tension: innovation thrives on flexibility, but regulation demands control.
“Google Workspace is an incredibly powerful platform,” says Trevor Marshall, Co-founder and CTO of Current. “But when you embrace that level of flexibility, you have to manage the other side of the sword: the risk of mis-shared data or improper permissions.”
With hundreds of users and shared drives, collaboration within Current was accelerating, but leadership knew that without stronger oversight, the same flexibility enabling growth could introduce risk. "We needed a control layer sitting on top of our fundamental data,” shares Trevor. “That foundation gives us the confidence to layer Gemini on top and execute much more advanced workflows.”
In a regulated industry, confidence means knowing precisely where sensitive data lives and who is seeing what. It means being able to show an auditor a “single pane of glass” that demonstrates a total understanding of the environment. Without that oversight, scaling AI would amplify risk; for Current, the path forward required strengthening the governance foundation first.
Working with AvePoint means there’s one less risk keeping us up at night — and when you’re building a company in a regulated industry, that peace of mind matters.
Co-founder and CTO, Current
The AvePoint Solution
Current deployed the AvePoint Confidence Platform to unify backup, oversight, and governance across Google Workspace. The value was immediate, addressing the many moving parts that can “keep you up at night” when building a business from scratch.
“Working with AvePoint means there’s one less risk keeping us up at night — and when you’re building a company in a regulated industry, that peace of mind matters,” says Trevor.
Previously, backup, monitoring, and oversight were spread across multiple vendors. “One of the things that got me really excited about AvePoint was the fact that what I previously had three or four vendors doing, I could do in a single place,” Trevor explains. By stitching these products together, Current created a seamless control environment where backup is viewed in the context of permission modifications.
“Having oversight in one place and the ability to roll back or modify our environment correctly makes the entire process seamless,” says Trevor. “We are getting significantly more done with fewer tools.”
Outcomes
With unified governance in place, Current operates with stronger control and visibility across its environment. Backups are in place, with clear oversight into where files are going and who can access them — critical in a highly regulated industry. The team can demonstrate that oversight through a single, centralized view of the environment, giving leadership confidence in both day-to-day operations and audit scenarios.
The secured foundation unlocked measurable operational impact through Gemini. “As we’ve progressed on this journey of using LLMs, in particular Gemini, we have seen workloads where operational efficiency has improved by 80 to 90%,” Trevor notes.
That impact changed workforce planning entirely. “That’s really the difference of, ‘I’ve got to hire five people to do this work over the next six months,’ to ‘I can upskill two or three of the people on my team and make sure that I’m in a good place for the next couple of years.’”
The Bottom Line
For Current, governance is not a brake on innovation, but the foundation that makes innovation possible. Employees can fully embrace Gemini-powered workflows knowing that sensitive data is protected. Leadership maintains audit readiness through unified visibility. Security teams manage fewer tools while achieving greater control.
Most importantly, customers benefit. Every product Current launches is aligned with better financial outcomes. By reinforcing its control environment, the company ensures that AI-driven efficiency and customer trust scale together. In a highly regulated fintech landscape, Current’s approach demonstrates that responsible AI adoption is not a tradeoff — it's a strategic advantage built on strong governance.