"Agency" shall mean a place of business other than the principal office, a branch office, auxiliary office, or a remote service unit of an association, at which an agent or agents of the association may receive payments on savings accounts, payments on loans or any obligations to the association for the purpose of transmission thereof to the principal office or to a branch office of the association. At such agency, an agent or agents may perform such other duties not inconsistent with the limitations of this act as may be authorized from time to time by the board.
N.J.S. § 17:12B-9