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[email protected] Telephone: +420-737-824570 ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: The paper investigates the location criteria (LC) considered when establishing regional treasury centres (RTCs) across three countries: Brunei, Singapore and Hong Kong. LC are the important factors that are compulsory for multinational corporations (MNCs) to examine before setting up RTCs in a region other than where their headquarters are.