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how are dividends for shareholders of banks paid?
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why? balance sheet is balance sheet, why is it complicated? bank shareholders get dividends in exactly the same way as any other company shareholders do: the company ends up with net profits, which the board of directors decides to distribute to shareholders based on certain amount per share. if at all. not all the profits are distributed, and in fact - there are companies who don't distribute dividends at all. apple, for example, hasn't ever distributed dividends until very very recently.
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