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Agency #02

Midland Credit Management.

Midland Credit Management is Encore Capital Group’s U.S. operating unit. Encore buys nonperforming loan portfolios and uses MCM as a primary U.S. consumer-facing collection operation.

Why it is on this list

Encore describes MCM as one of its two largest operating units and identifies itself as having the leading U.S. consumer-credit debt-purchasing market share.

Common account types
  • Charged-off credit cards
  • Personal loans
  • Retail finance accounts
  • Purchased consumer debt portfolios
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
Midland Credit Management, Inc.
Parent company
Encore Capital Group
Known aliases
MCM / Encore Capital Group / Midland Funding
Mailing address
P.O. Box 939069, San Diego, CA 92193
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

Debt buyer, debt collector, and account servicer

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

Midland Credit Management says it purchases portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables and manages repayment with consumers. Midland Funding states that MCM is both a debt buyer and debt collector and also services accounts for Midland Funding and other affiliate companies.

Ask whether MCM owns this account itself or is servicing an account owned by Midland Funding or another affiliate.

Ask for validation showing the current creditor, original creditor if different, account number, itemized amount, and ownership path before paying.

Consumer notes

What to know before responding

  • Letters may reference both Midland Credit Management and Midland Funding; distinguish the debt owner from the servicer.
  • Because purchased debt can pass through multiple owners, chain-of-title and account-level documentation matter.
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.
  • The bill of sale or ownership path if Midland Funding claims to own the debt.
  • Whether the account matches the account types commonly associated with Midland Credit Management: Charged-off credit cards, Personal loans, Retail finance accounts, Purchased consumer debt portfolios.