  We present some recent applications of the Faddeev--Yakubovsky equations in
describing atomic bound and scattering problems. We consider the scattering of
a charged particle $X$ by atomic hydrogen with special interest in
$X=p,e^{\pm}$, systems of cold bosonic molecules and the bound and scattering
properties of N=3 and N=4 atomic $^4$He multimers.
