The NCUA board on Thursday approved revised Field of Membership rules to provide credit unions with more flexibility to define the areas they serve.

"What we are doing today is using the Credit Union Membership Act to bring the administration of the law into the 21st Century," NCUA Board Chairman Rick Metsger said.

The rules, he added, are "a logical and natural evolution of existing laws."

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