2 minutes ago, BritTim said:

I am sorry. I gave you too much credit. My immediate thought was: if it was as easy to avoid showing your passport as walking 10 metres to a machine instead, you would have done so rather than complain. The obvious conclusion is that the machines you use have been modified to refuse to work unless shown your passport.

Except the PUB machines can't update fixed deposit passbooks and show the monthly interest payments that were made......oh brightest star!

8 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

Except the PUB machines can't update fixed deposit passbooks and show the monthly interest payments that were made......oh brightest star!

OK, that is a good point. I was not aware that PUB machines had that limitation. In general, the machines have become pretty capable the last few years.