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Agency #18

Afni

Afni provides customer engagement and collection services and describes decades of collection experience alongside FDCPA and TCPA compliance programs.

Why it is on this list

Afni is a prominent national name in telecom, insurance, and customer-engagement receivables.

Common account types
  • Telecom balances
  • Cable and internet accounts
  • Insurance-related accounts
  • Consumer-service receivables
Official identity

Verify the collector before using a link or sending payment.

Compare these details against the validation notice, credit report entry, and any payment page before sharing account or bank information.

Legal name
Afni, Inc.
Mailing address
Afni, Inc., P.O. Box 3517, Bloomington, IL 61702
Last reviewed
May 20, 2026

If a caller, text, email, or payment site uses different identity details, contact the collector through an official source before responding.

Role clarification

Third-party debt collector, BPO account servicer, and insurance subrogation vendor

Who owns the debt changes what documentation, authority, and correction path you should ask for before paying.

Afni says clients hire it for customer service, technical support, insurance subrogation, and consumer collections, and that clients provide lists of customers who still owe money. CFPB described Afni as a non-bank third-party debt collector specializing in telecommunications debt and furnishing collection-account information to credit reporting agencies.

Do not assume Afni owns the debt; ask it to identify the current creditor or client and the original creditor if different.

Ask for validation and account details tying the account to you, including balance, account number, creditor name, and any insurance or service-provider records.

Consumer notes

What to know before responding

  • Afni placements can involve service-provider disputes, equipment returns, or identity-theft claims.
  • Use the original creditor’s records to confirm service dates, cancellation date, and final account balance.
Do this first

Verify before paying.

A legitimate collector can still have the wrong person, wrong amount, stale debt, duplicate placement, or incomplete documentation.

  • The collector name, mailing address, phone number, and website against the letter you received.
  • The original creditor, current owner or client, account number, balance, and date of last payment.
  • Whether the debt is inside your state lawsuit limitations period before making a payment or written promise.
  • Whether the account appears on your official credit reports from AnnualCreditReport.com.
  • Whether the account matches the account types commonly associated with Afni: Telecom balances, Cable and internet accounts, Insurance-related accounts, Consumer-service receivables.