Encore Capital Group (ECPG)

Encore Capital Group is an international specialty finance company providing debt recovery solutions and other related services for consumers across a broad range of financial assets. They primarily purchase portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables at deep discounts to face value and manage them by working with individuals as they repay their obligations and work toward financial recovery. Defaulted receivables are consumers' unpaid financial commitments to credit originators, including banks, credit unions, consumer finance companies and commercial retailers. Defaulted receivables may also include receivables subject to bankruptcy proceedings. They also provide debt servicing and other portfolio management services to credit originators for non-performing loans.