Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

|Name                                          |  | State of Incorporation  
|--------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------
|AspireCard.com, Inc.                          |  | Georgia                 
|Aspire Financial Management, LLC              |  | Georgia                 
|Aspire Life, Inc. (1)                         |  | Nevada                  
|Card Services, Inc.                           |  | Georgia                 
|Cash Loan Team, LLC (2)                       |  | Georgia                 
|CFC, LLC (3)                                  |  | Nevada                  
|CFC II, LLC (4)                               |  | Nevada                  
|Citadel Group, Inc.                           |  | Florida                 
|CompuCredit Acquisition Corporation           |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit Acquisition Corporation II (5)    |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit Acquisition Corporation III       |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit Acquisition Funding Corp. (5)     |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit Acquisition Funding Corp. III (5) |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit Acquisition Funding Corp. IV (5)  |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit Funding Corp.                     |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit Funding Corp. II                  |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit Funding Corp. III                 |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit IP Holding, LLC (1)               |  | Nevada                  
|CompuCredit Reinsurance Ltd. (6)              |  | Turks and Caicos Islands
|CompuCredit Services Corporation              |  | Nevada                  
|Embarcadero Holdings LLC                      |  | Delaware                
|Embarcadero LLC                               |  | Nevada                  
|Fingerhut Receivables, Inc. (7)               |  | Delaware                
|FMT Services, Inc. (7)                        |  | Nevada                  
|Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC                |  | Georgia                 
|Purpose Solutions LLC (2)                     |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services, LLC                          |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services Acquisitions Company, LLC (2) |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services Financial Holdings, LLC (8)   |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services Holdings, LLC (9)             |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services of Arkansas, LLC (10)         |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services of Colorado, LLC (10)         |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services of Florida, LLC (10)          |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services of Georgia, LLC (10)          |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services of Kentucky, LLC (10)         |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services of Ohio, LLC (10)             |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services of South Carolina, LLC (10)   |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services of Tennessee, LLC (10)        |  | Georgia                 
|Valued Services of West Virginia, LLC (10)    |  | Georgia                 

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