PRA (PRAA) 10-K 2018 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

PRA Group, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-110330 and No. 333-110331) on Form S-8 and the registration statement (No. 333-162224) on Form S-3 of PRA Group, Inc. of our reports dated March 12, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of PRA Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements) and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, which reports appear in the December 31, 2018 annual report on Form 10-K of PRA Group, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Norfolk, Virginia

March 12, 2019