Intended to secure new funds (7)
I believe the answer is:
finance
'funds' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'intended to secure new' is the wordplay.
'intended' becomes 'fiance' (I've seen this before).
'to secure' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'fiance' enclosing 'n' is 'FINANCE'.
(Other definitions for finance that I've seen before include "Monetary support" , "See 9" , "Provide cash for" , "Economics" , "funding" .)