KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 -- Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) has supported Nur Balqis Zharah, a young girl who was born without her left hand, by providing her a prosthetic arm through its Hari Raya initiative, Projek Salam.

Maybank's executive vice president and head of group brand and marketing, Shazlina Mohd Suffian, said in a statement that the move was in line with how the bank approaches technology - "not just as a tool, but as a force for good".

An accompanying video shows that the prosthetic arm uses Balqis' muscles to mimic natural hand movements, enabling her to perform everyday tasks, including a two-handed salam greeting to her parents, military serviceman Fauzi Fazil and homemaker Suraya.

The prosthetic was developed in collabo...