Stainless steel column equipped with motorized reader capable of accepting magnetic and/or RfID Mifare Cards. The Cards are accepted verified, re-written and returned or withheld and stored within the Column. The Column is equipped with an Access Control terminal with an integrated large-sized 128×64 pixel display, with a proximity reader on the surface for the use of RFID bracelets, gate control relay, Ehternet communication interface and web interface. Two doors with lock and key allow to recover the withdrawn cards.