Based on a three-potential formalism we propose mathematically wellbehaved Faddeev-type integral equations for the atomic three-body problem and descibe their solutions in Coulomb-Sturmian space representation. Although the system contains only long-range Coulomb interactions these equations allow us to reach solution by approximating only some auxiliary short-range type potentials. We outline the method for bound states and demonstrate its power in benchmark calculations. We can report a fast convergence in angular momentum channels.The Faddeev equations are the fundamental equations of the three-body problems. Besides giving a unified formulation, they are superior to the Schrödinger equation in many respects: in incorporating the boundary conditions, in treating the symmetries, in handling the correlations, etc.. Nevertheless, their use in atomic three-body calculations is rather scarce [1][2][3][4], and these calculations showed that to reach a reasonable accuracy many channels are needed. So, the belief spread in the community that the Faddeev equations, the fundamental equations of three-body systems, are not well-suited for treating atomic threebody problems and other techniques can do a much better job, at least for bound states. In Refs. [1-4] the Faddeev equations were used in such a form that, the solution could be reached only by some kind of approximation on the long-range Coulomb potential, and thus the convergence were ensured only via the square integrability of the bound-state wave function.The aim of this paper is to solve the atomic three-body problems by approximating only short-range type interactions. We invoke a newly established "three-potential" formalism and derive such kind of Faddeev-type integral equations which contain only short-range type interactions as source terms. We solve the equations by approximating only the short-range type source terms. We point out that although we are working with finite matrices the wave functions possesses correct three-body Coulomb asymptotics. Finally, as compulsory benchmark cases, we calculate the helium atom, the positronium ion and the muonic hydrogen molecule ion, and will observe a fast convergence with respect to angular momentum channels.The "three-potential" formalism was designed for solving nuclear three-body problems in the presence of Coulomb interaction. The method was presented first in bound-sate calculations [5] and was extended to below-breakup scattering calculations [6] where the 1