But falling dividends also reduce the incentive for ordinary investors to hold bank shares, increasing the pressure on their prices.

但减少支付的股息也打击了普通投资者持有银行股的积极性，加大了银行股股价下跌的压力。

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These are a special type of share that pay a regular flat dividend in perpetuity, and which receive their payment in preference to the dividends paid out on ordinary shares.

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