[2] The firm is a publicly traded NASDAQ Global Select company (ECPG), a component stock of the Russell 2000, the S&P SmallCap 600, and the Wilshire 4500.

[3] Encore Capital Group's subsidiary company, Midland Credit Management, Inc., through which it purchases all of its debt, was founded in 1953 and was incorporated in Kansas in September 1953.

In 1998, an investor group led by Nelson Peltz and Peter May and Kerry Packer of Consolidated Press International Holdings Limited, acquired a majority interest in its operations.

[5] In June, 2013, Encore acquired Asset Acceptance Corporation, a debt buyer based in Warren, Michigan.

"[8] The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau imposed an enforcement action on Encore Capital for pressuring borrowers "to pay with false statements, with lawsuits and with the use of using so-called robo-signed court documents.