Asta Funding, Inc. operates as a consumer receivable asset management company. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Receivables, Personal Injury Claims and Social Security Disability Advocacy. The Consumer Receivables segment engages in the business of purchasing, managing for its own account and servicing distressed charged off receivables, including charged off consumer receivables, and semi-performing receivables. The Personal Injury Claims segment holds interest in personal injury claims from claimants who are a party to a personal injury claim. The Social Security Disability Advocacy segment consists of advocacy groups representing individuals throughout the United States in their claims for social security disability and supplemental social security income benefits from the Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. The company was founded on July 7, 1994 and is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.