Pays for female setter to visit Cannes for a change (8)
I believe the answer is:
finances
'pays' is the definition.
(financing is a kind of paying)
'female setter to visit cannes for a change' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'setter' becomes 'i' (the person that set the crossword).
'to visit' is an insertion indicator.
'for a change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cannes' is an anagram of 'nances'.
'i' placed within 'nances' is 'inances'.
'f'+'inances'='FINANCES'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for finances that I've seen before include "Furnishes with money" , "Provides the capital" , "Monetary resources" , "Money resources as of country or company" , "funds" .)