Equational theories of endomorphism monoids of categories with a topological flavor

It is shown that the endomorphism monoids of the category $2mathfrak{Cob}$ of all $2$-cobordisms do not have finitely axiomatizable equational theories. The same holds for the {topological annular category} and various quotients of the latter, like the affine Temperley--Lieb category. Analogous results are obtained f