POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Gregory L. Call, Melissa A. Resslar and Brandt Schmidt, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (the
"Company"), any and all reports and forms required to be filed by the
undersigned in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder, including but not limited to all Forms 3, 4 and 5;

     (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such report or
form and timely file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar trading market; and

     (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in the form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or
her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file reports or forms pursuant to Section
16 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 15th day of August, 2013.


                                   By: /s/ James Alexander Syran
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                                   Print Name: James Alexander Syran