Klarna Bank is raising fresh funds led by SoftBank Group that value the Swedish fintech start-up at $45.6bn, just months after two separate investment rounds have sent the company’s valuation soaring.

The Stockholm-based company, which is already Europe’s most valuable start-up, raised $639m in new equity funding, it said in a statement on Thursday...

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