India, March 12 -- Is the Paytm jigsaw falling into place? Perhaps, at least going by the words of Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder of the embattled startup.

Once the poster boy of India's startup ecosystem and the most outspoken founder, Sharma went largely silent since the Reserve Bank cracked the whip on his the Paytm Payments Bank over regulatory discrepancies last year. One of the pioneers in India's digital payments space, Paytm has since been quietly trying to put back the pieces of the puzzle.

"We are committed to working on profitability. We have not made any profit in the last few years. I can tell you very happily that with the team and the effort in the business that we have done, we are clearly committed to delivering prof...