Encore Capital Group, Inc. to Present at the Brean Murray, Carret & Co. Small Cap Institutional Investor Conference '06

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Encore Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG), today announced that J. Brandon Black, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Paul Grinberg, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the Brean Murray, Carret & Co. Small Cap Institutional Investor Conference '06 on January 31, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. EST. The conference will be held at The Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY.

For more details visit:

http://www.breanmurraycarret.com/winter2006conference.html

A link to the live webcast of Encore Capital's presentation will be available through the following website: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/bmry2/ecpg/

A replay of the webcast will be archived at that link for 90 days after the presentation.

About Encore Capital Group, Inc.

Encore Capital Group, Inc. is a systems-driven purchaser and manager of charged-off consumer receivables portfolios. More information on the Company can be found at www.encorecapitalgroup.com.

Contact:

Encore Capital Group, Inc.
Paul Grinberg (858) 309-6904 (Stockholders/Analysts)
paul.grinberg@encorecapitalgroup.com
or
Ren Zamora (858) 560-3598 (Investor Relations)
ren.zamora@encorecapitalgroup.com

SOURCE Encore Capital Group, Inc.
01/24/2006
Web site: http://www.breanmurraycarret.com/winter2006conference.html
Web site: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/bmry2/ecpg
Web site: http://www.encorecapitalgroup.com
(ECPG)
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