09/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - CNP BVP/Barclays Bank merger approved. On 9 March, the European Commission cleared the acquisition of CNP Barclays Vida y Pensiones Compania de Seguros (Spain) by Barclays Bank (United Kingdom). Barclays is a global financial services provider. CNP BVP provides insurance and pension products in Spain, Portugal and Italy. Given the moderate combined market shares of the parties and because Barclays already has joint control over CNP BVP together with another...