Drama abounds at the Olympics. But not the kind you’d expect.

Mastercard’s Start Path Open Banking and Embedded Finance startup engagement program is designed to support and collaborate with fintechs to democratize financial services while keeping consumers in control of their data. One participant, Payitoff, is a white-label solution that provides banks and fintechs with the technology to help people manage student loans and other debt. Built on online banking technology, Payitoff can be embedded into fintech and banking platforms to provide clients with a 360-degree picture of their financial profile. The benefits can be life-changing: Reducing monthly debt repayments can improve credit scores, which gives people a better chance of getting mortgages to buy homes or loans to launch businesses. Learn more here.

Are we in a 21st-century space race with China? And if so, who’s winning? On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer breaks down China’s ambitious space program, which in the last few years has sent a rover to Mars, built a space station, and returned samples from the far side of the moon–something no country has done before.