Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) Earnings

Encore Capital Group, Inc. is an international specialty finance company, which engages in the provision of debt recovery solutions. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California and currently employs 7,350 full-time employees. The firm provides debt recovery solutions and other related services for consumers across a range of financial assets. The company purchases portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables at discounts to face value and manages them by working with individuals as they repay obligations and work toward financial recovery. Its defaulted receivables are consumers’ unpaid financial obligations to credit originators, including banks, credit unions, consumer finance companies and commercial retailers. The company also provides debt servicing and other portfolio management services to credit originators for non-performing loans in Europe. Its debt servicing operations include early-stage collections, business process outsourcing and contingent collections for credit originators. The company provides debt servicing for consumer accounts and provides services for business-to-business accounts.