Brexit - EU decision on market access for UK banks, financial firms will not be before January 1

Reuters with this citing unnamed European Union sources in the bloc

• UK unfettered access to the EU market under post-Brexit transition arrangements ends on Dec. 31, leaving the City of London faced with being cut off from its biggest export customer
• “The European Commission told member states on Thursday that the equivalence decisions won’t be ready from January 1” said the EU diplomat

Here is the link for the Reuters piece ICYMI.