I was told by a US firm that the rules will still be applied to me by them as I am an EU citizen.
Maybe they just sensed I was small fry and they couldn't be bothered to open an a/c for me....not worth their time etc.
A the article says, I suppose it's open to interpretation.
And....as we know, IG have invited those who interested to open new IG a/c's in their overseas offices.