“…The debt/equity ratio significantly moderates the association between financial distress and dividend payout decisions of banks Yes - decision-making process of banks' dividend payout policy [62,26,56,17,33,21,49,6]. However, as per our findings of positive and linear association among distress and dividends, it is interpreted that whenever a company faces financial difficulty, they opt to give a reasonable amount of dividends to decrease the panic level among investors.…”