Suppliers to one of Australia’s largest energy network and infrastructure providers, AusNet Services, will gain access to a new ethical working capital alternative thanks to a deal signed with Australian fintech, Earlytrade.

The deal represents entry into a new sector for Earlytrade’s expanding network and will cover the entire supply chain for AusNet Services’ $10.8 billion energy infrastructure business, which services around 1.5 million Victorian customers.

Earlytrade’s ethical early payment platform will provide AusNet Services’ suppliers a fair and flexible early payments marketplace on approved invoices.