#142: Mind your Karma, Kristina Walcker-Mayer, Nuri

Our guest today is the CEO of Nuri (formerly Bitwala) and a digital thought leader. Nuri enables customers to invest in cryptocurrency directly from their bank account. As Kristina Walcker-Mayer puts it: it is banking without the bankers. Kristina is rapidely becoming the chief storyteller of neobanking, shaping topics around investing, blockchain, cryptocurrency and modern leadership. In this episode she pulls back the curtain on how she leads Germany's third-largest neobank with her honest and transparent communication, and how a trip to Asia influenced her leadership style. Kristina joined Nuri in 2020 as CPO after previous senior roles at N26 and Zalando. Before taking over as CEO, she repositioned and scaled the product and design team, drove Nuri’s successful fundraising efforts together with Ben Jones and defined the future direction of the product. In this episode we take a deep dive into: ☎️ Why CEOS don’t have to have all the answers and what else matters in modern leadership 🧨 The learnings, challenges and benefits of rebranding Bitwala to Nuri 🎇 How to attract employees and retain talent even if a competitor offers twice the salary And: How this year’s summer party will solve Kristina's biggest communication challenge?! Enjoy the episode and please support the podcast by sharing it and posting your review on Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/dvyxVVtt 🚀 This episode is brought to you by HeyViz, your rapid content creation studio in Berlin. 🎬