Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
I, Paul Grinberg, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Encore Capital Group, Inc.; and |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report. |
| Date: December 20, 2013 | By: | /s/ Paul Grinberg | ||||
| Paul Grinberg | ||||||
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |