Abstract: A system and method are provided for integrating data used in computing financial wellbeing scores. The system includes at least one computing device configured to provide a computing platform, the computing platform providing: at least one client module providing an interface for communicating with client devices; an advisor module providing an interface for communicating with advisor devices; a forecast module; an optimizer module configured to analyze datasets from multiple sources and to generate recommendations to optimize strategies to achieve financial outcomes; and a database storing financial planning data. The system also includes an integration layer interposed between the computing platform and a book of record to enable client data in the book of record to be accessed; and a financial planning software module independent of the computing platform, configured to generate financial plan data integrated by the computing platform in financial wellbeing scores and recommendations.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for integrating data used in computing financial wellbeing scores. The system includes at least one computing device configured to provide a computing platform, the computing platform providing: at least one client module providing an interface for communicating with client devices; an advisor module providing an interface for communicating with advisor devices; a forecast module; an optimizer module configured to analyze datasets from multiple sources and to generate recommendations to optimize strategies to achieve financial outcomes; and a database storing financial planning data. The system also includes an integration layer interposed between the computing platform and a book of record to enable client data in the book of record to be accessed; and a financial planning software module independent of the computing platform, configured to generate financial plan data integrated by the computing platform in financial wellbeing scores and recommendations.

Abstract: The invention provides a sensing system for a self-service terminal and a media cassette for use in such a self-service terminal. The sensing system for a self-service terminal comprises an aerial comprising at least one receive circuit and a processor arranged in use to determine the position of a first resonant circuit mounted in a media cassette inserted into the terminal based on a signal received via the aerial.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the basic friction angle of a surface of given material comprises a housing adapted to be held against a surface of material to be tested, a base which can slide along the inside wall of the housing, a wheel mounted on the lower part of the base and adapted to contact the surface to be tested, a spring for applying a load on the base to force the wheel against the surface to be tested, and a torque gauge for applying a torque to the wheel, and for measuring the maximum torque required to spin the wheel on the surface to be tested at various loads applied to the base.

Abstract: A monitoring unit for installation on a cable bolt comprises a tube designed to fit within a cable bolt hole and having a collar at one end thereof, a cable bolt adapted to be grouted in the rock at the centre of the tube, a base plate placed tightly against the tube collar adjacent the rock face, a centralizer sleeve designed to fit over the cable bolt to keep the cable centralized within the base plate and tube, an elongated measuring plate having a centre hole for insertion of the cable bolt to fit tightly against the base plate and a groove cut at equal distances from each side of the centre hole for allowing the measuring plate to bend if the rock moves with respect to the cable bolt, and a cable clamp for fixing the measuring plate tight against the base plate.

Abstract: A cable grip for improving the performance of cable bolts for ground support comprises a segmented wedge defining a cone, each segment having an inside cavity adapted to conform to a circumference of a cable and serrated grooves cut into said inside cavity to grip the cable, and a sleeve consisting of a plastic cone conforming to the conical shape of the wedge.